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7 RINOs have vowed not to vote for rules change if Owens / Brown / Pryor come to the floor for a vote

But they will vote for a rules change if any of those do not get the vote.

Fair enough. Nuclear option belayed as long as the DEMs vote.

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But they will get the vote. The other side of the math is 55 republicans + 7 democRAT mavericks = 62 votes for cloture. Expect to see cloture succeed on Owens / Brown / Pryor although the rest of the RATs will get ample opportunity to play to their base. Note well that the RAT mavericks don;t have to vote for confirmation, simply cloture. We will get these 3 judges confirmed, but that is all.