McConnell didn't want anyone to be able to say "the House couldn't pass a bill but the Senate did," so he shivved it to protect Boehner.
@sethdmichaels Plausible, but the real reason this happened is because GOP was uncomfortable w/ the level of spending in the bill.
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@DavidMDrucker explains most of the votes, but not the yes votes in committee who flipped. -
@sethdmichaels@DavidMDrucker ...Rs can't make sequestration-level spending the new appropriations baseline. -
@DavidMDrucker@sethdmichaels because Senate is marking at BCA levels (where sequestration still applies).
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@DavidMDrucker five GOP nays today voted for this spending level in committee. Clearly that wasn't their issue.@sethdmichaelsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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