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Are afforded what we call as the magic minute. they are allowed to speak as long as they want and that could drag this out a little bit. we have calculated there are more than 230 democrats who will vote for this. i spoke with jim clyburn, the democratic whip. do you think you have more than 230? he said there are too many absences for that. that number may be a little lower. again, the algebra on capitol hill is always in motion. there are currently 432 members of the house. so if they all vote...