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RandySF

(60,212 posts) Fri Jan 19, 2018, 10:51 PM Jan 2018

No Deal. Senate will vote on House bill.

Hitting the Twitterverse.

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No Deal. Senate will vote on House bill. (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2018 OP

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McConnell doesn't like to lose on the floor. yallerdawg Jan 2018 #3

Technically they won't vote on the bill pimpbot Jan 2018 #4

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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

3. McConnell doesn't like to lose on the floor.

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 11:03 PM

Jan 2018

This is an interesting vote.

pimpbot

(940 posts)

4. Technically they won't vote on the bill

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Fri Jan 19, 2018, 11:06 PM

Jan 2018

They will vote to end debate of the bill, which requires 60 votes. Actually voting on the bill would only require 50 + tiebreaker.

Thats how a fillibuster works.

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