Reply #29: I live in NJ [View All]

[brentspeak]

I have no idea why Menendez and Lautenberg voted 'yea' on this. But their votes were meaningless, anyway; the Republicans had enough votes of their own to get it passed.

My guess (and it's only a guess) as to why my senators voted for the bill is that they were allowed to modify it in some way. In any case, this (soon to be) law a) has to get past SCOTUS (we'll find out once and for all what kind of chief justice Roberts is); and b) can be emasculated, if not outright repealed, by Febuary or March if the Democrats gain control of Congress.