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Margin. mike is on capitol hill following this situation for us. mike, the last time around they didn t even bring it for a vote. in the end they said we re too far away. could this go the same way? could there be a snacenario whe they don t call a vote here? reporter: absolutely and the rule of thumb is once you put something on the floor and put all your energy into it or at least try to get it on the floor, you go through the round of arm twisting, cajoling, calls from the white house, trying to figure out what it is you can give people, any side legislation, not necessarily pork barrel projects, doesn t work that way so much anymore around here but people have policy concerns that you can address in other ways. trying to find that sweet spot, trying to find how to get a few more members and house g.o.p. leaders say they re close. i got to tell you, steve, the longer this goes, the less likely it is they re going to have success. once you try to put it on the ....