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Originally posted by The_Dude
i heard something about the house dem's not reporting for duty either. i dont know the validity at this point
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A lot of them didn't show up, but eventually they got the 100 needed for a quorum. Ironically, since so many dems were missing, the bill was slammed right through with barely a pause.
It's not entirely clear if the House Democrats were actually attempting a boycott or not. Though it doesn't really matter, since this is the Senate's game now.