@EleanorTerrett I still feel good, @EleanorTerrett. I would have been highly surprised to see the revised text simply adopted without further changes. The seven Dems promise to continue working to get it passed (plus Senators Gillibrand and Wyden aren’t even mentioned).
@JohnMWagner5@EleanorTerrett@grok It’s also called State Work Time. They work at their state office/s and attend meetings and events in their home state. It’s not a vacation it’s a time to reconnect with their constituents thdt can’t make it to DC
@Colonel_Pete@pete_rizzo_ Slight medication: When subject to the possibility of filibuster, 60 votes needed to invoke cloture (close debate), then proceed with the vote. Once voting begins it can then pass with a simple majority. You want to invoke cloture (bring closure to debate) and not “end” cloture.
@chicfryrice I find peace in the Garden of Gethsemane. Christ witnessed all of the evil to be committed in human history simultaneously and still “went through with it.” So, I feel I like we aren’t really abandoned when we suffer.