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today when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that vote politico reported when asked if the gop would needd democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip tom emmer said republicans are the ones running this place, and republicans will pass thean bills, and that s wh we are doing. but in the end republicans did not have the votes to pass that measure on their own. they needed 52 democrats to bail them out. now, both sides have faced opposition to voting to this deal. conservatives say it does not go nearly fars enough. progressives have argued the bill s impact on the poor and working class is too severe. but the character of that opposition is remarkably different. take for instance marjorie taylor greene, the fringe conservative for this now landed herself a place as one of speaker mccarthy s top allies. told she told reporters she was leaning towards voting for ....
Americans, middle class folks and those aspiring to be the middle class, but the people we fight for each and every day, so we re going to do our part. certainly my hope the extreme maga republicans do their part as well. did speaker mccarthy ever reach out to you? he seems to be very much banking on democratic support here and quite a bit of it. have you talked to him? we talk to him but have not talked specific numbers. i continue to make my point publicly and with people on the othernd side of the aisle it s r expectation in order to get out of this manufactured gop default crisis we ve got to proceed in a bipartisan d way, and that republicans democrats votes and that means republican votes, anb that s hopefully what we ll see on the house floor in a few moments. earlier today during a rules vote you flashed a green card. i don t think we have a visual of it, but it was a signal to ....