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Lots of confusion on the House floor right now. Dems caught the GOP sleeping on a CR vote, and voice voted to reopen.

Posted by MDH Jan 17 '19, 10:33

Nothing will happen in the end.

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Hoyer will vacate the vote and allow a re-vote next week. The crazy thing is there were plenty of GOP members there when the voice vote was cast -- nm - decline Jan 17, 11:02 3
- Also crazy: a GOP lawmaker today yelled at California Democrat Tony Cardenas, "Go back to Puerto Rico!" - decline Jan 17, 11:19 2
  - as if we needed more evidence they don't acknowledge Puerto Rico as American. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 11:48
  - *smh* -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 11:28
They have the votes in the house anyway. Not sure what difference this makes. -- nm - pmb Jan 17, 10:50 1
- Right? -- nm - Mop Jan 17, 10:57
Does it really make a difference whether it is by recorded vote or not? - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 10:48 2
- And... - Super Daddy Princess Jan 17, 10:51 1
  - I think they could have, but no Republican was in the chamber at the time, or they just totally blanked. - tRuMaN Jan 17, 10:52
(CR?) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 17, 10:44 3
- Continuing Resolution -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 17, 10:48 2
  - basically agrees to continuing funding the agency(s) at the same level as the prior passed budget. - tRuMaN Jan 17, 10:48 1
    - ah -- nm - JaxSean Jan 17, 11:21
Here's my DC guy tweeting about it. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 17, 10:41
No Brexit! -- nm - peglegpete Jan 17, 10:35 2
- you are 22% Brexit -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 10:38 1
  - "Well that sounds better than 0." "Any amount of Brexit will require you to pay a surcharge." "Daggonnit..." -- nm - Max Jan 17, 10:40

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Lots of confusion on the House floor right now. Dems caught the GOP sleeping on a CR vote, and voice voted to reopen.

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