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17. Yeah, they would pass the House, but they already failed in the Senate and Trump wouldn't sign it anyway even if the

Reply to Mblaze (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 02:03 PM

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Senate passed it. It shows how stupid Johnson is and how his political views consist entirely of exactly what Trump tells him to do. Allowing a vote and letting some Republicans in swing districts vote for it could help a few of them win reelection. With no vote, he's making it far more likely that all those districts go Blue. If he had any political skill at all, he would realize that and allow the vote. Instead, he's writing his own political obituary.

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