Could Democrats vote “present?”

Published March 21, 2010 4:00am ET



Some Republicans are suggesting that in light of the fact that the administration’s Medicare and Medicaid actuary was not able to estimate the cost and impact of the health package some conservative Democrats might be tempted to vote “present” today.

Plus, with plenty of uncertainty about the impact of a proposed executive order blockading federal funding of abortion, there’s lots that Democrats don’t know about the impact of their votes.

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