In a state like Florida, with a huge senior population, how could Bill Nelson, D, vote for this bill?
The Democrats don’t need all of their senators to vote for the bill if they use “reconciliation”—if they could count on all 60 Democrat senators they wouldn’t be thinking of reconciliation as an alternative.
I just saw a poll a couple of days ago that found that about 60% of Florida's seniors are FOR this bill, even though a majority of seniors nationwide are against it. I don't know if it was an outlier but it was certainly strange. If Nelson's polls find this to be the case, he will likely not suffer for voting for it.