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very well. the house of representatives. as we ve seen in the past with the fiscal cliff deal and hurricane sandy relief, the house is willing to bring legislation to the floor that is not supported by a majority of the majority. if it is garnered, 70 or more votes in the senate, and right how that the manchin/toomey measure is not close to getting that. so right now the house and those republicans, your colleagues there, what are you hearing behind the scenes if in fact we get past the senate here? well, i don t think there is a magic number like 70 that the house representatives looked at. i think what the speaker will consider in violating that so-called lastert rule is whether the political pressure is so great that would be so damaging or the them to bottle the bill up in the house. thats the ultimate question for the speaker. he wants to keep his job and can t depart from that rule very often. but here, 90% of the american people want universal background

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