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manor321

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2. They can vote present
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 09:02 AM
Nov 2018

Many of those Dems can vote "present", which reduces the number of votes Pelosi needs to win. And they can claim they didn't vote for her.

speaker pelosi? [View all] rampartc Nov 2018 OP
Witness Part of Pelosi's Strategy UncleTomsEvilBrother Nov 2018 #1
as long as we end up with a speaker who everyone respects rampartc Nov 2018 #3
They can vote present manor321 Nov 2018 #2
perfectly valid rampartc Nov 2018 #4
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