With only 13% approval

[SHRED]

I am wondering why anyone voted for that death bill?

13% doesn't even cover their own base.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Chris Hayes said that he heard a senator at a news conference

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who said he would vote for the bill as long as they promised him it would never actually become the law.

These people are more sick than half the resisters opposing the new bills. Too bad their illness is a lack of morals, empathy, responsibility, etc and there are no meds or surgeries that exist to remedy those. Perhaps intensive therapy for the remainder of their lives would be effective to some degree.

[OnDoutside]

4. That reflects the Graham group asking Ryan to put it to Conference if they voted for it.

[emulatorloo]

2. Fear of rabid tea-bags primarying them, or the Koch Bros turning off the money spigot.

That's the best I can come up with. They ought to do what's right for their constituents, but they are too afraid.

[NobodyHere]

3. People generally have much higher approval ratings for their own congressmen

The overall congressional approval rate is a rather meaningless but amusing statistic