Congratulations to the other 50 Republicans for sticking together. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a calculated show vote for Collins and Murkowski, knowing the other pubs would hang tought.
it seems there are two republican senators who need to have their committee assignments pulled and be issued keys only to those restrooms in the sub- sub-basement of the capitol
Regardless, I emailed Murcowski and told her she is increasingly at odds with her constituents.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a calculated show vote for Collins and Murkowski, knowing the other pubs would hang tough.”
That vote allowing the two Pub women to vote NO, was pre-planned by the Pubs before the vote was ever taken. They do this all the time, knowing exactly how many YES votes they are going to get, and that Pence would cast the tie-breaking vote.
The Pubs “allowed” the two NO votes because of the liberal propensities of the states the women come from, and the alliances with their teacher constituents who could otherwise make life miserable for them at re-election time if they voted YES. So this was an agreed upon vote by the Pubs.
Both sides (Dems/Pubs) do head counts and then figure out how many of their members in shaky political states or districts with large constituencies backing specific issues, can vote in the negative, just as long as it won’t affect the outcome of the actual vote. That’s politics.
Congratulations to the other 50 Republicans for sticking together. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a calculated show vote for Collins and Murkowski, knowing the other pubs would hang tought.
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I can believe that for Collins, but are there really that many scum sucking liberals in Alaska?
Near 100% likely
"Murkowski received a 100 percent rating on a 2012 NEA Report Card, while Collins received a 75 percent rating—the only Republicans to earn marks above 50 percent from the group. Each senator has earned straight-A marks from the union since 2014.""Murkowski has long been a favorite of teachers unions. She was one of only four Republican senators to receive contributions from the NEA in 2016."
A dirty tricky vote for help the liberal Collins and the utterly corrupt Murkowski who will still be loved and courted by McConnell and near his side in the days ahead.