Abdul is reporting that Rep. Fry (D-Mishawaka) is out of town at Spring Training, the result being that the House Democrats (also missing the sick Dennie Oxley Sr.) can’t get to 51 on the proposed compromises the House Democrats have worked out with the Senate Republicans.
The fact that these compromises can, apparently, get the votes of a majority of the Republicans in the Senate suggests that House Republicans are just being obstinate if a few of them can’t be persuaded to join their Senate brethren in voting on these things.
Should be interesting to get the story on this one and see if Abdul’s sources hold up.
Update The South Bend Tribune reports that it’s the health of Rep. Fry’s father that has him in Florida.
Rep. Craig Fry, D-Mishawaka, is in Florida with his 81-year-old father, who is experiencing serious health problems, Fry said in a phone interview this morning.
“I’m here because he has a health-related issue and it’s been getting worse,” Fry said of his father. “My family and my father’s health are more important than anything.”
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Fry said he and his father went to two games earlier in the week during the House’s five-day break, but he would have been willing to return to Indianapolis on Wednesday or Thursday if Democrats needed him to be the 51st vote.
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