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If you say so
What exactly do you expect the republikkans to do for the poor and marginalized later on?
During the Great Recession, they blamed people who lost everything for their situation -- remember the two homes?
It was going to pass. AOC knew that.
It is more common than you seem to think for representatives to get the okay to vote for/against something from their leadership.
Unless you've heard from or spoken to Speaker Pelosi on this matter and she has said otherwise, I am giving a Democratic member of Congress the benefit of the doubt.