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Although this is mostly true, it's not entirely true (at least in the house).

atomi 10y ago
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00094#position https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_...
- ComradeTaco 10y ago
  No, he's correct, about 7% of republicans in the house didn't vote for the bill.
  - sundaeofshock 10y ago
    And 0% of Democrats in the house voted for the bill. This bill is 100% owned by the GOP.
- kej 10y ago
  15 House Republicans voted against it: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll202.xml http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll202.xml
  - macawfish 10y ago
    They're the ones who brand new congress needs to be courting
    - losteric 10y ago
      For reference/laziness: https://brandnewcongress.org/ https://brandnewcongress.org/
  - alexgaribay 10y ago
    I'm glad to see that my congressman is on the list of republicans who voted nay. I would like to think that my call to his office made a difference.
ComradeTaco 10y ago
You're correct and I edited my comment. I suspect that that may just be a tactic to save face in vulnerable districts rather than a sincere desire to oppose the bill.
- saint_fiasco 10y ago
  That's a good point. Are the Republicans who voted against the bill relatively unpopular with their constituencies?
  - ComradeTaco 10y ago
    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.
  - RightMillennial 10y ago
    As far as I know Justin Amash is well liked within his district.
- hueving 10y ago
  >I suspect that that may just be a tactic to save face in vulnerable districts rather than a sincere desire to oppose the bill. And the only reason Democrats voted against it was a tactic to save face for their constituents back home. Why in the world would you think some politicians are magically sincere while others are not just by the little letter in parenthesis after their name? Hyper partisan people that think this way are the reason political discourse has gone to shit and everything turns into some childish red team vs blue team ideology. As you keep propagating this mindset, people on both sides keep turning up the volume on their echo chamber and we get the most partisan congress (on both sides) in a hundred years[1]. 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/13/heres-why-president-obama-failed-to-bridge-the-partisan-divide-graphed/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/13/he...
dannyobrien 10y ago
In the House, 15 Republicans broke ranks to vote against the repeal. With five more votes, it would have failed. That's a very close vote. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/congress-sides-cable-and-telephone-industry https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/congress-sides-cable-a...

atomi 10y ago

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00094#position https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_...

ComradeTaco 10y ago
No, he's correct, about 7% of republicans in the house didn't vote for the bill.
- sundaeofshock 10y ago
  And 0% of Democrats in the house voted for the bill. This bill is 100% owned by the GOP.
kej 10y ago
15 House Republicans voted against it: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll202.xml http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll202.xml
- macawfish 10y ago
  They're the ones who brand new congress needs to be courting
  - losteric 10y ago
    For reference/laziness: https://brandnewcongress.org/ https://brandnewcongress.org/
- alexgaribay 10y ago
  I'm glad to see that my congressman is on the list of republicans who voted nay. I would like to think that my call to his office made a difference.

ComradeTaco 10y ago

You're correct and I edited my comment. I suspect that that may just be a tactic to save face in vulnerable districts rather than a sincere desire to oppose the bill.

saint_fiasco 10y ago
That's a good point. Are the Republicans who voted against the bill relatively unpopular with their constituencies?
- ComradeTaco 10y ago
  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.
- RightMillennial 10y ago
  As far as I know Justin Amash is well liked within his district.
hueving 10y ago
>I suspect that that may just be a tactic to save face in vulnerable districts rather than a sincere desire to oppose the bill. And the only reason Democrats voted against it was a tactic to save face for their constituents back home. Why in the world would you think some politicians are magically sincere while others are not just by the little letter in parenthesis after their name? Hyper partisan people that think this way are the reason political discourse has gone to shit and everything turns into some childish red team vs blue team ideology. As you keep propagating this mindset, people on both sides keep turning up the volume on their echo chamber and we get the most partisan congress (on both sides) in a hundred years[1]. 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/13/heres-why-president-obama-failed-to-bridge-the-partisan-divide-graphed/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/13/he...

dannyobrien 10y ago

In the House, 15 Republicans broke ranks to vote against the repeal. With five more votes, it would have failed. That's a very close vote. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/congress-sides-cable-and-telephone-industry https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/congress-sides-cable-a...