Which way will he vote?

Michelle Mittelstadt writes for the Chron on the Texas Democrats who are considering voting with a small group of strident liberals who are trying to bring down Pelosi's bill:

As the House edges toward a showdown with the White House over Iraq, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has been among the band of Democrats resisting her party's leadership-backed bill setting a fall 2008 deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops.

She's been summoned to a one-on-one meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., lobbied by the party's vote-mustering "whip" organization and dealt with telephone calls from constituents on all sides of the issue.

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Several members close to the leadership predicted that Rep. Lloyd Doggett, of Austin, would be the sole Texas Democrat voting against the bill, which many liberals fret doesn't move quickly enough to bring the troops home. Doggett's office offered no comment.

Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Stafford, was still weighing his vote. "He is still going to wait until there's firm movement to bring it to the floor and then there's debate, and then to see what happens to that accordingly," said spokesman Bobby Zafarnia.

Doggett, Sheila!, and...Lampson all considering voting with the uber-liberals in the House.

Wait, I thought Lampson ran as a moderate? I bet he'll end up voting for the leadership's bill. If he votes against the leadership's bill, it'll be interesting to see if he tries to play it as too anti-war. That sounds like something he might do.

Posted by Evan @ 03/22/07 04:00 PM

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