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forthemiddle

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12. If it had a chance of passing

Reply to reflection (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 05:23 PM

Jan 2018

I have no doubt the Republicans would have had the votes.
This is more of the “Go ahead and vote your conscience, since your vote won’t matter anyway”.
This is status quo for every vote for both parties. You can almost guarantee that they will change if the numbers are there.

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