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Obellisk posted...

Well they don't vote in party order so it's not like the dems would know how many votes are or aren't still needed.

However I'm sure those 31 dems have actual reasons for their votes.

I mean if they pull up C-SPAN on their phones they can see the vote count live - that's how I watched it. I'd be pretty shocked if they don't have that same live count available to them in the chamber somewhere. And they can switch their vote while it's open.

Looking at the list of Dems who voted no - obviously I don't recognize every Dem rep and know their voting record/history but I noticed some names I tend to associate with the moderate wing. The only name that I both recognized and was a bit surprised to see voting no was Porter.

There is an ongoing House Ethics Investigation into Santos which I think some Republicans pointed to as cover for voting to keep him, might have been similar logic by those Dems. Though again, for a normal rep I actually would understand voting to not expel on the principle of him being indicted not convicted yet. It's just I feel Santos is such an unusual case where I feel it should have overridden that.