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BumRushDaShow

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9. "I thought Jefferies said That Democrats were not going to help them pass these bills."

Reply to angrychair (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:50 PM

9 hrs ago

He said they weren't going to help "fast track" it, meaning not helping them get a total of 290 votes YESTERDAY so they could "suspend the Rules" (that they ended up working on Sunday night and all of Monday), and get it done "faster" (i.e., they were forced to go through "the regular process" of debate, etc., versus going straight to the vote yesterday).

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I agree creon 11 hrs ago #2

Can't wait for the big mask removal order mdbl 11 hrs ago #3

What if any is the status of the slightlv 11 hrs ago #4

They would have passed it "as is" as the Senate originally sent it BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #5

Thank you so much for the info, BumRush! I really appreciate it. slightlv 9 hrs ago #6

No problem but now they are going to "negotiate" on the standalone DHS funding bill the next 2 weeks BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #8

I wish I could believe it would be DOA, slightlv 8 hrs ago #10

I thought Jefferies said angrychair 9 hrs ago #7

"I thought Jefferies said That Democrats were not going to help them pass these bills." BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #9

Just against it in general angrychair 8 hrs ago #11

Well they have one last stand BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #14

The body cams are meaningless angrychair 6 hrs ago #15

They're not meaningless and it's not her call. Lawyers for those impacted BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #18

I like your optimism angrychair 4 hrs ago #20

Maybe he didn't realize that 21 Democrats would vote Yes Polybius 6 hrs ago #16

Unfortunately... Pluvious 7 hrs ago #12

They need to claw back the $85B from last year. eggplant 7 hrs ago #13

21 Democrats broke with their Party, while 21 Republicans broke with theirs Polybius 6 hrs ago #17

Stop being lazy and click on the "Roll Call" link in the OP comments! BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #19