[bustinchops]

I think he votes no.

The House is a lunatic asylum, and it’s easier to get away with chicanery there.

The thing is, the 8 pub defectors struck a double blow against us. How so, you might ask. Here’s how:

The 8 pub yes votes freed up 8 rats to vote no and thus save themselves in their own districts. So, not only did the rats prevail, but now we’ve got 8 pubs who will likely get voted out instead of having the strength of incumbency going for them, and 8 corresponding rats who get to look like heroes and will likely win re-election. That’s 16 seats negatively/adversely affected for pubs.

BTW, we only needed to hang onto 4 of those pubs to defeat the bill (216-215). The pub whip and minority leader failed.

[goodnesswins]

Those 8 pubbies were likely in LIEBERAL districts, also...so it was a trade between “partners”....SCUM, all of them.

[colorado tanker]

The 8 pub yes votes freed up 8 rats to vote no and thus save themselves in their own districts

Excellent point.

With a vote this close in the House loony bin, I think this bill has real trouble in the Senate.

[PaleoBob]

The 8 pub yes votes freed up 8 rats to vote no and thus save themselves in their own districts.

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A critical observation that deserves repeating. So, I repeat it herein above.