So 51-50 got it

And Vance can break a tie vote.

I almost think Lee and Scott are dragging it out for drama to irritate the situation. They are probably partying it up with Vance in that office right now.

Rick Scott will vote yes after he awakes from his daylight slumber and drinks some blood.

Looks just like Rick Scott.

The “moderate darling” status for these people was always a lie. These are who they really are.

You know Lee and Scott will Be “yes” votes. They wouldn’t faire go against their orange God

Oh I thought murkowski was so disillusioned she was thinking of leaving the part, but there she and Susan are, voting yes. 🤬🤬🤬

They’re not voting no.

and Lummis?

Shame on her.

2 known assholes

Disappointing.

I'm not gonna hold my breath. Mike Lee, never. Rick Scott, more never. Or vice versa. Rick Scott wants to be POTUS so bad he can taste it. Or maybe what he tastes is Trump's ass.

3 votes. Lummis hasn't voted yet.

Rick Scott, the hospital owner?

Rick Scott, the Medicare fraudster!

He sold that years ago. To his mother-in-law. What? It's not like they're related.

I never heard of such a thing

In fact, he transferred his shares to his wife, before selling them outright. www.jacksonville.com/story/news/h...

I think she was really the only question I had, but it's not popular back in AK, so I wonder what she got for that vote.

Best part is whatever she thinks she got for Alaska will be taken out of the bill. Trash ass senator

The Murkowski-Collins two step only works one way. They’re always concerned and prepared to vote no on the terrible bill … unless that “no” vote would actually tank it, in which case they’re an allegedly agonized and reluctant “aye”. Somehow the political media falls for it every time, though.

How are Collins and Murkowski considered moderates?

Beltway reporters are braindead and gullible is how

Low standards born of a desire to believe in the innate goodness of white people.

Well we know how Scott’s gonna vote

Geezus

Who else hasn't voted? Is it a sure "yes"?

Fuck her

Mike Lee tweeted that he is dropping the clause of the bill to sell off public land.

Dont anyone hold their breath for Rick Scott, of all people, to pull a McCain. This one is over.

They larded up the bill with so much ridiculous crap that they can lose the bad/unpopular land deal, and maybe halve the Medicaid cut, and the ICE Gespato funding sails on through, knowing that the media will label this deceit as a compromise. We are so fucked.

Dead kids in concentration camps mean more to Mike Lee than destroying public lands. He probably figures he can go back and burn the parks later, but he's got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hurt people, and won't pass that up.

Tweeting it's out could be a lie. The bill can't be modified while it's being voted on, right?

They have the 10 hour amendment/debate session after the 15 hour read so in theory that's when it could be done iirc.

Working from memory, but my recollection is amendments have to be public (at least) 72 hours in advance. Hold on...

This section of Senate rules seems to suggest there's a 24 hour advanced notice.

But, what's being done here is not an amendment. It's changing the bill as it's being voted on.

I shouldn't have used amendment/debate and just said debate (sorry about that). Iirc, since this is a reconciliation bill not a general one, anything Byrd bath'd out can be reintroduced (like Mike Lee appears to be attempting) but if it is objected too during debate it immediately becomes a 60 1/

person vote so could be removed there (or in the house/Senate reconciling part, but anyone trusting him to play honest there is...yeah). Same as the anti-trans part that got snuck back in. Obviously could be wrong, under the weather so not at my best mentally but that was my thinking on it. 2/2

Im wondering if that's a no vote unless that's taken out?

There can be an amendment getting rid of it.

There are rules for amendments. They have to be announced in advance.

Fyi @spindlypete.bsky.social the garbage land grab is out again

ha! free mushrooms forever. get wrekt mike lee

GOOD THING RICK SCOTT CAN'T BE BOUGHT! jfc

Murkowski gets add ons and Lee has to drop his, they know he’s a pushover who’ll always cave to what Trump wants

And we should believe him without verification why?

Link pls?

He would never have waded through the huge fight he’d have in California.

Wyoming’s Lummis has not voted yet either, as well as Mike Lee and Rick Scott.

Lummis has voted to the good in the past but it’s rare

Why it is taking so long to call the vote and therefore kill advancing the bill??

I need a drink.

I grabbed one.

I called Rick about how the murder bill will kill me...premeditated murder...

They all fall in line eventually. Amidst all the chaos, this is always true.

Dick Scott will be a yes.

They will fall in line. Not one of them has courage, integrity or a spine.

Things remain unresolved, hours in. bsky.app/profile/stev...

Senate Dems need to run on having a 20 minute limit for any vote. Congress is dysfunctional

I severely doubt that Scott will vote against it tbh, but I'd bet he's gotten a ton of constituent calls about the bill.

After what Murkowski did they're all trying to get their own Murkickbacks.

It's all for show. Republicans will sell out their own voters for their overlords who bought them.

Does anyone honestly believe that Rick fucking Scott is going to be the one to kill this?

bsky.app/profile/mcbr...

there will be serious resolution if they pass this betrayal. none of them will hold office again.

Do you think they are going to do all this unpopular, political suicide stuff and have to worry about winning an election again? It’s almost like it won’t matter…

almost, right?

The vote has succeeded, 51-49, with Ron Johnson switching his vote to yes. Rand Paul and Thom Tillis are the only senators who broke party lines (both noes).

Shameful. F**k every person who voted Republican, or sat on their ass and didn't bother to vote at all.

Now that this vote triggers the reading of the bill for the next 15 hours, is it possible to create a coalition of videos, streamers etc to promote it, ensure that many viewers will at least have an opportunity to watch and learn what's in the bill?

So their signature bill — the one for which failure is not an option — barely proceeded without major arm twisting. That should tell you how absolutely noxious it really is.

Of course he did - Did he get money for his state too

No Just an opportunity to give an Orange bj

The Red States are going to be some of the biggest losers here - are they seriously going to sit quietly by suffering - these horrendous hits to their lives and livelihoods? It is seriously frightening and we can all only guess what is next - I am more shocked at all the bowing to him -

The GOP politicians are dupers.

🧵 1/2 His prior tax giveaway was a direct hit to CA Most income goes for utilities, gas, a place to live. All deductions: state & local taxes [SALT] charity, - capped. Everyone felt hit We pay billions more than we get They never sent $ for the biggest urban firestorm in history, ICE causes protests

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No a surprise

Still very surprised at Tillis. Fully expected him to switch at the last minute.

He would have if his vote was needed. I'm sure he was allowed to vote no to help his reelection bid.

Shame on Maine for re-electing Collin’s. She’s a festering open sore.

What's in the bill?

Let the GOP own this. Hound them into hiding from shamefulness.

incredibly disappointed in Murkowski

she literally got them to carve out all the bad stuff from alaska lmao like literally

Would’ve needed another anyway. Vance would have broken the tie.

Disappointed but not surprised

LOL!

And if they needed their votes, they would have switched too.

Fuck!

So what happens from here? Not immediately finding next procedural steps and points of intervention. Any info appreciated.

WTF is wrong with Cillins and Murkowski?? Are their seats as Senators really worth the harm this will do? They can't go find another job if they are voted out?

No amount of money can take the place of power, which is all most of these sociopaths care about. Dems included.

Thing is, they won't be voted out. Maine proved that years ago with Collins, and Murkowski brings home just enough bribes for AK to ensure her safety.

Trump probably called and threatened him

just dragging it out so Dems reading the bill will be in the wee hours? Dems need to read very slowly - articulating every horrible section.

I never expected Thune to be such a bastard. Mitch taught him well.

really there should be a rule on how long you can keep a vote open, this is nonsense.

tom de lay used to keep the vote open for hours and hours in the house until they could twist every last arm and cut every last bribe

yeah I just think its sloppy not to have it all hashed out before you get to the floor.

oh it's absolutely sloppy. and it's not like it's a fun spectator sport like UK parliament. It's just dull behind the scenes deals

All three attention whores will cave.

No mystery about how they will vote

Maybe Rick Scott will vote NO since he wants to be the only one to steal from Medicare.

I EAGERLY await a time in this country where literal political procedure does NOT occur on fucking social media.

CSPAN says Lummis hasn’t voted either

Fuck her