Susan A. Kitchens on Spoutible

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Hakeem Jeffries & caucus discipline!
Before thee #DebtCeiling vote, a procedural vote lacked R votes to go.
Jeffries flashes card — Dems, vote yes to proceed.

CSPAN clip: https://www.c-span.org/vid...

screenshot of the video clip annotated to show where to look to see House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in upper left corner.

11:49 PM - May 31, 2023

Susan A. Kitchens

@susan

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via a Bird Thread / WaPo story
WaPo: https://bit.ly/3C7N5V6

“When Rep. Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.), who was presiding over the vote, asked whether all lawmakers had voted, Jeffries flashed a green card to dozens of Democrats waiting in the well of the chamber, who immediately voted yes.”

Screengrab of this text from story:
The bipartisan 241-187 afternoon vote in the House for the rule allowing Wednesday night’s action was unusual, because the minority party almost never supports such measures. Because Republicans didn’t have 218 of their own members to approve the rule, Democrats worked to provide enough of their own to keep the bill moving along.
A small group of chosen House Democrats discussed via text messages throughout the day whether it was worth voting for the rule, concluding that they would do so if leadership gave them a signal, according to two people familiar with the coordination efforts. When Rep. Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.), who was presiding over the vote, asked whether all lawmakers had voted, Jeffries flashed a green card to dozens of Democrats waiting in the well of the chamber, who immediately voted yes.

12:05 AM - Jun 01, 2023

Nycbubbles

@Alexandra

In response to Susan A. Kitchens.

I was interested to see the Dem nay votes change, which means to me that McCarthy did not have a handle on his *own* count and needed more Dems than in reserve.

01:30 AM - Jun 01, 2023

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