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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:22 PM
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CNN reporting House vote could come between 7 and 8 PM...
...or not.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:23 PM
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1. Gee, don't hurry on our account, assholes. nt
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:24 PM
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2. This afternoon...today...tonight
Is this fucker still having problems getting people on board, even with BBA back in this dog of a bill?

Holy fuck if it fails again...
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:26 PM
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3. In other words, they are whipping them into order
and do not have the votes.
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Bryan Buchan Donating Member (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:29 PM
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4. Zackly...I am not holding my breath any more!
n/t
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:29 PM
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5. and so could the apocalypse!
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thewiseguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:32 PM
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6. From what I have read he has enough votes. They are making amendments to the bill.
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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:33 PM
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7. So they either don't have the votes, which is tough to imagine since they added the BBA, or
Edited on Fri Jul-29-11 01:33 PM by Parker CA
Boehner is trying to screw Reid by pushing this back as far as possible since Reid needs to move on his legislation before midnight. Not sure how much time Reid needs to make things happen in the Senate, but I think his goal is to have Boehner's plan voted out of the House before he makes a move.

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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-29-11 01:33 PM
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8. If you have the votes, why are you waiting?
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