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    They forced it by joining all the Democrats who already signed the petition, but somehow the Democrats aren’t mentioned.

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      Because the news is that some Republicans acted like they wanted to help people.

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        Did they?

        Or do they just want a nice, on the record opportunity to tell everyone relying on those subsidies to go to hell?

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      Because this was mostly expected from the Democrats. Republicans stepping out of line from leadership is more unusual and gets more clicks from people hoping this is signs of larger cracks amongst them

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      Yeah, not nearly enough discussion here about those Dems who ended the government shutdown and made sure these subsidies won’t get passed into law, those fascist collaborators need to be held accountable

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    Was notable coward, Don Bacon, the retiring representative of Nebraska’s second district among them?

    No? Famous coward Don Bacon decided to chicken out again?

    Is anyone surprised?