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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:22 PM Jan 2013

Pelosi ‘Confident’ Fiscal Cliff Deal Would Pass If Given Up Or Down Vote

Pelosi ‘Confident’ Fiscal Cliff Deal Would Pass If Given Up Or Down Vote
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she is "confident" the fiscal cliff deal would pass the House if Speaker Boehner would bring it up for a vote, she said on Twitter:

Nancy Pelosi✔
@NancyPelosi

Strong majority of House Ds support bipartisan Senate bill that passed 89-8. Confident it will pass if @SpeakerBoehner allows up/down vote.

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Pelosi ‘Confident’ Fiscal Cliff Deal Would Pass If Given Up Or Down Vote (Original Post) ProSense Jan 2013 OP
But if Boehner ReformedGOPer Jan 2013 #1

ReformedGOPer

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1. But if Boehner
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:36 PM
Jan 2013

thinks it'll pass because of the Dems voting for it (and not his Teabag caucus) then I don't think he'll even bring it to the floor. Not with the speaker-ship vote only 2 days away.

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