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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by saint_fiasco on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:01PM (#13982057)
That's a good point. Are the Republicans who voted against the bill relatively unpopular with their constituencies?
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by ComradeTaco on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:26PM (#13982189)
Hard won congressional seats will often sit out or sometimes even vote against their parties legislation but coordinate their votes inch a way that ensures that their parties legislation still passes.

Say you have 54 democrats in the senate, and a democratic president 4 democrats that had difficult races can abstain or vote against the bill while 50 democrats can vote for it, with the vice president being the tiebreaker.

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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by RightMillennial on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:06PM (#13983018)
As far as I know Justin Amash is well liked within his district.
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