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Wiz Imp

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3. Why wouldn't it?

Reply to JT45242 (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 01:54 PM

Jul 2025

Assuming most Democrats would vote for it, only a handful of Republican votes would be needed. The only potential roadblock would be if Speaker Johnson refused to allow a vote on the floor, which I guess is possible, but it would prove Johnson has even more loyalty to Putin than to Trump.

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