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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Graham/Cassidy dead?
Will there be a vote that can still pass?
Do we know about Collins and Murkowski?
When is their deadline to bribe and bend arms?
Thanks, the Trump SOB comment has taken it off the front page.
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)Cassidy and Graham are not giving up yet
bearsfootball516
(6,378 posts)But I believe the general belief is that they're both likely to vote no.
That puts McCain, Paul, Collins and Murkowski as no's with the possibility of others springing up.
dembotoz
(16,866 posts)in this case...not over til the money dries up
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)We'll know a week from today.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)"You don't count your money while you're sitting at the table."
FarPoint
(12,486 posts)I will never assume anything with this GOP corporate collective in Congress.
Turbineguy
(37,420 posts)it's only temporary.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)So it appears that the minimum of 51 votes standard would no longer apply.
lamp_shade
(14,853 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)We've been down this road too many times before.
edhopper
(33,667 posts)but you should say it has not joined the Choir Invisible and is simply pining for the fjords.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)edhopper
(33,667 posts)withdrawn?
If not, it's not dead.
msongs
(67,502 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,619 posts)my hopes up until the vote. Public pronouncements in advance from Republicans mean nothing, just like "their word".
grantcart
(53,061 posts)You think its dead (technically it was before you shot it), one more makes 100% sure.
We just need to give it one more tap to make sure.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Kind of like Dracula. Won't be dead until its rotten corpse is burned in the village churchyard.