• webadict@lemmy.world
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          But then why do the Republicans look like child sex predators? Idk, maybe they should’ve voted to release the documents anyway, unless they are actually the predators.

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        I mean fair to say, the democrats do have the free cheats overall…

        Same as what happened with the public option etc… In short there were at least 4 capital D democrats forming an anti public option caucus. What’s the story for why the vote never happened… Liberman the independent wouldn’t get on board, they were one vote behind no matter what so there was no point going forward.

        now same here with the epstein files… IMO I’d say most likely 95% of the house of representatives is probably not in these files, and I’d also say it’s fair to say there’s not many Democrats still in service on the list (obviously the biggest name dem that’s almost certainly on the list is Clinton).

        That Being said I’m sure there’s major donors on both sides of the aisle that are going to pressure the hell out of their representatives to prevent the list from seeing the light of day.

        All in all I actually wonder how the dem’s would have voted had there been a few republicans that were brave enough to defect. Congress usually knows the result of the vote before it happens, it’s pretty rare to switch it up. But on the other hand, it would also be political suicide to be a lone or minority defector in your party. That’s why the republicans are so good at making a united front, in spite of many of them publicly voicing opposition to the very things they vote for.

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        Two were not in attendance and one was in attendance the day prior and today (the day after). With their votes it would’ve passed, or at least forced some maneuvering out of more Rs. I think it’s important to note that.