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God saves us all. The arguments she put on defending her two illogical ill-conceived amendments where incoherent and out of left field. I feel ashamed that that woman represents the state of Texas. Can't understand how her constituents continue to elect such an incompetent woman to congress.Bullwhip wrote:It passed. What do we do when Sheila Jackson Lee is in the majority?
RoyGBiv wrote:Reading the proposed amendments here ( http://www.gop.gov/bill/112/1/hr822" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ) leads me to conclude that there is no worry of a Trojan in this bill. However, it is possible, if all these amendments passed, that the bill would be worthless.psijac wrote:I am more worried that it will pass. Amendments could make it a powerful Trojan Horse for anti-gun policiesRoyGBiv wrote:It'll need 290 House votes to override the Presidents likely (understatement?) veto.
1. How many of those 271 Yea's would also vote for an override?
2. How many more Dem's could be swayed to vote for an override?
3. And this vote was just to confirm the debate "Rule" to be applied... it was not a vote for/against the legislation itself.
Looks like the House will debate the bill/amendments live on C-Span starting at Noon today...
This bill may not be the first thing on the agenda however...
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I hope this passes... but.. I'm not holding my breath.
Remember, House Resolution 463 (the one that passed on yesterday's vote referenced by the OP) closes this bill to endless amendments... The amendments listed on the GOP web site should be all that gets debated. Further, since the bill has so many cosponsors and 463 passed by such a wide margin, getting any of these listed amendments tacked onto the final 822 bill will be difficult (nothing is impossible)
So far, so good.... But... Can we get the veto overridden?