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A thorough summary of what's going on. It's up to the judiciary now. Will the Republican-appointed judges in the Supreme Court oppose him, either out of patriotism or pride? I'm quite concerned, because I didn't expect the Republicans in Congress to give up that institution's authority but they have done so. I don't know if Congress will have any power left by the time the Democrats have a chance to gain the majority there in the midterms.
10 democrats and one independent voted with them. Including the senate minority leader.
I'm not sure he actually did the wrong thing there - he has no fear of being primaried for opposing Trump (but rather the opposite) and a lot more political experience than most of his critics. Maybe it really was the smaller loss in a lose/lose situation.
With that said, the part where he opposed it before supporting it was weird. With things the way they are, I can't even rule out that he was threatened somehow.
Yeah, he has the political experience to know when to throw his party under the bus. My mom has been voting Democrat for 40 years, somehow that CR vote is what convinced her to go 3rd party next election. Only someone with that much political experience could have pulled that off.