That initial vote was to try to weasel out of having to vote aye or nay on conviction.
Now that they're obligated to vote on conviction, I wonder if some of those 45 will flip and vote their consciences?
I hope an abstention counts as a "nay" in the eyes of corporate contributors. (Conviction, I believe, requires 2/3 of those present, not those voting.)
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire