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No third candidate nominated this time. I think the circus may be about to conclude.
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One congressperson said that by Republican party internal rules, any compromise agreement has to be drafted and circulated for 72 hours before it can be adopted.
If he's right then should an agreement be reached today it will still take until, what, Monday to resolve the voting.
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And to be clear, this rule isn't something I have verified, I haven't heard about it from anybody else, but this was directly from one of the Republican representatives so it's worth considering.
He said that these votes amount to spectacle because until that 72-hour waiting period is up the votes won't change. He said the proper thing to do would be to immediately adjourn at the beginning of each session, not to have more votes until the agreement was finalized.
Buuuuuut since we don't know what's going on in people's heads, we don't know if maybe these votes are taking place as a negotiating strategy even though they aren't going to change.
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@volkris Aaaaaaargh!