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9. it's a basic assumption.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 01:10 PM

Jun 2017

unpopular bill that they perceive as needing to pass=only 50 will be asked to vote for it. The two most vulnerable to losing their seats would be given a pass to save their own hides.

Vote counting like this is generally the rule.

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