3600 BREAKING -- House Democrat majority shrinks to just TWO SEATS, as Julia Letlow (R-LA 05) sworn in this morning. Piglosi now no longer has the votes to pass infra/social wefare pkgs. (2 defected on the last one). (www.foxnews.com) posted 1 day ago by giantrabbit1 1 day ago by giantrabbit1 +3604 / -4 286 comments share 286 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (286) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – ADAM_SCHITT 2 points 23 hours ago +4 / -2 Also only can fake news call a 218-212 lead to be two votes. permalink save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – Ed_Ward 1 point 23 hours ago +3 / -2 They're not counting the independent members of the House, who are basically Democrats anyway. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – giantrabbit1 [S] 1 point 21 hours ago +3 / -2 With a 218-212 split, it means that if more than 2 Dems vote no on a bill, it will fail. 1 Dem votes no: 217Y-213N; bill passes. 2 Dems vote no: 216Y-214N; bill passes. 3 Dems vote no: 215Y-215N; bill fails. So no more than 2 people can defect on a bill or it fails. Of course this math assumes all Republicans will vote no. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – PDXTrumpSupporter 1 point 16 hours ago +1 / -0 Thanks. I had the same question but forgot about the subtraction being an addition on the other side. So obvious! permalink parent save report block reply
Also only can fake news call a 218-212 lead to be two votes.
They're not counting the independent members of the House, who are basically Democrats anyway.
With a 218-212 split, it means that if more than 2 Dems vote no on a bill, it will fail.
So no more than 2 people can defect on a bill or it fails. Of course this math assumes all Republicans will vote no.
Thanks. I had the same question but forgot about the subtraction being an addition on the other side. So obvious!