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NewsCenter28

(1,835 posts) Sun Jan 21, 2018, 11:43 PM Jan 2018

Aide to Former Senator Reid: Early intel suggests McConnell has 60 votes to end shutdown.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AJentleson/status/955282533519945730

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Aide to Former Senator Reid: Early intel suggests McConnell has 60 votes to end shutdown. (Original Post) NewsCenter28 Jan 2018 OP

Please tell me Democrats aren't seriously considering this. PdxSean Jan 2018 #1

If he had the votes to end cloture already, there would have been a vote at 12:01 as planned Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author LuvLoogie Jan 2018 #3

Really? Hes the one who canceled the vote and punted it to a later time. herding cats Jan 2018 #4

oh look more fake news rumours and gossip from...twitter nt msongs Jan 2018 #5

The esteemed Harry Reids assistant deputy chief of staff NewsCenter28 Jan 2018 #7

How would he know? L. Coyote Jan 2018 #6

PdxSean

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1. Please tell me Democrats aren't seriously considering this.

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:02 AM

Jan 2018

Freethinker65

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2. If he had the votes to end cloture already, there would have been a vote at 12:01 as planned

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:04 AM

Jan 2018

I am not saying he will not have the votes by noon tomorrow, but I doubt he had them this evening.

McConnell’s promise to begin to look at DACA is meaningless, especially with the latest proposal from the House.

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herding cats

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4. Really? Hes the one who canceled the vote and punted it to a later time.

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:14 AM

Jan 2018

You don’t generally do that if you hold the votes. Especially when you’re holding legislators in a virtual hostage situations like this. It can kind of tend to tick off your caucus, or so I’ve been told.