that’s not how that works up there

$10 says it's performative and all 4 will vote yes

Collins was very concerned, though.

Susan Collins "has concerns." 🙄 That's all she ever has....cuz she got no tits! #PAB ✌️😎✌️💙

She cut a deal.

Blow up Susan Collins’ & Lisa Mirkowski’s phone lines ASAP! (202) 224-3121

Collins vote will end allowing Vance to break the tie.

I mean, similar to how the Dems magically had exactly enough yes votes to save Trump from his own shutdown, my worry here is that they are just negotiating who gets to be the three no votes when the bill passes

"Rotating bad guy" theory stays relevant

and there you go

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They always come up with just enough votes, even for such a brazen redistribution of wealth.

They will take out her pet project requests for Alaska

I thought the whole thing was they’d bought her off with “non-contiguous states.”

Vance is walking in

She. Fucking. Sold. Out. Alaska. What a bitch ass slag.

The vote to proceed is only to allow it for debate on the floor, don’t panic if it happens.

Lol. Lmao even. What makes you think they won't vote the exact same way the next time too?

You’re missing the point. The two votes are vastly different and voting to proceed only opens debate. If you want to fold based on the procedural vote, have at it. Some republicans have stated support for advancement but not passage

There is an "I told you so" in your future because if you think the GOP isn't passing this, *you* are missing the point. It's going to pass. It is a formality. This isn't folding. It's being aware of the reality of that political party and their agenda.

I have little doubt that it will pass, that’s not my point. My point is that voting to advance isn’t the end of the game. I’ve seen in past bills where commenters freak out on the advancement as if the bill has passed

She just voted yes😭

love to refresh my feed every thirty seconds to see if the Senator from Alaska has voted to fund the gestapo and end Medicaid

we as a country are in hell

Ha!

it's not doing wonders for my anxiety, I tell you what

I'm waiting to see if Lee or Scott go for harsher cuts and/or more gestapo (voting no). I just find it easier to hope that Lee and Scott are even worse than they appear.

Like clockwork - they made it worse.

These people are making themselves obsolete without understanding what they're doing and damning us all to a worse version of this wild ride.

I am fucking *stressed*

But it is not going to end Medicaid for Alaska. She got a sweet carve out.

assuming it survives Byrd and the vote-a-rama anyway

Yeah the "oh yeah we uh totally think non-contiguous states are a special case" thing might not fly.

Isn't Virginia also non contiguous? With that little bit south of Eastern Shore MD. What about all the states with islands?

In this case, it is contiguous in the sense of "not seperated by signicant distance from other states"

she caved from the bottom of my heart, fuck you, Lisa

Of course she did. Why anyone is surprised that the weak willed bend the knee continually is beyond me

They added a couple of Alaska sweeteners for her: a tax cut for whalers a SNAP waiver for Alaska and Hawaii (Politico).

Some version of this awful thing was always gonna get through, though some friction would be nice. Unfortunately, whether or not Americans are going to accept a fully-funded Holocaust is one of those questions we probably have to answer the hard way.

She didn’t cave. She voted for what she believes in. Suggesting she caved vs saying she’s a bad person is passing judgement on her based on her words opposed to her actions. Her actions have always said she’s awful.

Of course she caved. There was never any doubt. #GOPTRAITORS every last one of them.

Time for the parliamentarian to Byrd-rule out every single Bribe-Lisa-Murkowski provision they crammed into the bill and for it to be very funny

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You knew she was gonna.

Hope is gasoline. It can either fuel you or burn you.

I don't honestly know why anyone still believes she wouldn't

She ALWAYS caves.

It's her favorite part of the job

Does this mean the anti-trans provisions are staying in it?

They have to go through the process of vote-o-rama, doing a 2nd byrd bath session, after which they will finalize the votes. There's still an opportunity for them to remove it during that byrde bath session.

can't cave if you never had an intention of going the other way

They always do

There is no non-evil Republican