• SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think it’s important to point out that this vote only failed because they basically pulled a guy out of a hospital bed to vote no

    The failure came about because of the surprise appearance in the chamber of Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), who showed up unexpectedly — having recently had surgery and wearing hospital scrubs and no socks, according to NBC — to vote against the bill.

    So not exactly a stunning rebuke of the wackos.

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      9 months ago

      Somewhat ironically Republicans will likely be pulling a different guy out of a hospital bed (Steve Scalise, getting chemo) to counter this one and vote on it again.

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      9 months ago

      And they’re hoping another vote will pass once another rep gets out of his hospital bed. There seems to be a common theme here.