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Bernie Sanders

Jim Lane

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2. Alas, it scraped through.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 03:19 AM

Jan 2018

The vote on cloture was 60-38 -- just enough.

I haven't seen the roll call yet, but I know there were some Republicans voting Nay, so there must have been several Democrats who went along with this travesty. Real, live, genuine, certifiable Democrats, with that all-important " (D) " after their name, unlike that evil Bernie Sanders.

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