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. ▲ 19 ▼ – somethingnew 19 points 23 hours ago +21 / -2 Same here. The headline is slightly misleading/worded in a deceptive way. The article is saying that if more than 2 dems vote "no", and all Rs vote "no", then the bill would get defeated in the house because a tie can't be broken in the house. Essentially 2+ means >= 3, so 215-215 tie vote. permalink save report block reply
Same here. The headline is slightly misleading/worded in a deceptive way. The article is saying that if more than 2 dems vote "no", and all Rs vote "no", then the bill would get defeated in the house because a tie can't be broken in the house.
Essentially 2+ means >= 3, so 215-215 tie vote.