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Blood In The Water: 34 Courageous Conservatives Wound Obamatrade

Blood In The Water: 34 Courageous Conservatives Wound Obamatrade On Way To Final House Vote A whopping 34 courageous conservative Republicans shocked the political world on Thursday by severely wounding—and nearly killing—Obamatrade on a purely procedural vote. Most importantly about this is that the vote passed with less than a majority of the full House of Representatives. Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was only able to — on a purely procedural vote — obtain 217, rather than the 218 votes for a majority, votes for the rule. It passed the House 217-212. The vote, which nearly failed and would have… View Article