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26. So basically the Republican Senators most likely to lose the next election sided with the Dems and

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 07:34 PM

Jan 2014

aren't too concerned with the bill being passed. That's the problem with some of these "victories" for the Dems. The Republicans in moderate or blue states can say they didn't vote against it knowing their vote for it means nothing. Since the Senate is a state wide election the Senators face a wider more diverse electorate and so the Repubs and Dems alike tend to vote more with popular opinion. Let's see if the Republican Congress does anything.

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