[nitzy]

Eight Republican senators split with their party to vote against the measure, leaving the legislation short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and advance.

WHO???

[LostInBayport]

I’ll guess. Miss Lindsey, McCain, Collins, Ayotte, Kirk, Flake, McConnell and Cornyn.

[Nickname]

Does it truly matter? It depends on where they are in the election cycle.

If it wasn’t these eight, it would have been eight others, or however many were needed to keep the progressive agenda moving forward.

Despite the rhetoric, the GOP is not a pro-life party.

[A Navy Vet]

"Eight Republican senators split with their party to vote against the measure, leaving the legislation short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and advance."

Therein lies much of the problem. The Senate has its own set of rules that can be changed at any time. Harry Reid ran roughshod over the Senate by going "nuclear" as it was called - 51% to further Democrat agenda with no 60% filibuster rule. Plus, he rarely let a committee vote for a floor vote. He is a tyrant.

The go-along to get-along McConnell who now runs the Senate has not even threatened to do the same. He has stated he prefers the old rules where RINO's get hammered every time. I often wonder who and in what lock box is holding the RINO's testicles. Is it in the same warehouse in the scene of "Indian Jones" where they lock away the "Covenant of the Ark"?