A slim majority of voting Democrats defied leader Jeffries, backing failed Massie amendment to cut $3.3 billion

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    5 days ago

    I’ve heard this from a lot of leftist streamers and youtube creators as “rotating villain” theory. It’s basically proven, as only when a majority is gained do congress people start flaking off of what should be an obvious win. Leiberman, Sinema, Cuellar, Fetterman, Manchin, etc.

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      5 days ago

      Yes, those people were notoriously loyal otherwise…

      Or maybe these same people all tend to come up on close votes and we don’t pay attention to who voted for or against the housing reform bill that just passed because they didn’t matter this time.

      Either name a dem that voted against the housing reform bill or drop “rotating villain” as the always go-to theory.

      It’s a good thing to keep it mind, but it generally isn’t applying in this political environment.