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Marco Rubio threatens to vote against the GOP tax bill unless leaders meet demands.
Business Insider ^ | 12/14/2017 | Bob Bryan

Posted on 12/14/2017 11:36:20 AM PST by Signalman

Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday said he will vote against the final GOP tax bill unless leaders meet his demands on the child tax credit.

Rubio told Republican leadership that he will not vote for the bill — the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) — unless the child tax credit is more generous.

"Senator Rubio has consistently communicated to the Senate tax negotiators that his vote on final passage would depend on whether the refundability of the Child Tax Credit was increased in a meaningful way," a Rubio spokesperson told Business Insider.

Rubio introduced an amendment during the first Senate vote on the TCJA that would have made the credit deductible up to the payroll tax level. The move would have made the credit more generous for many low-income families. The amendment was defeated.

The TCJA is currently being debated by a conference committee to resolve the differences between the versions of the bill passed in the House and Senate.

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To: Signalman

Rubio disgusts me. If he insists on his demand, I say give in. Then strip him of all committee assignments. With only one spare vote, republicans can vote as ordered to meet President Trump’s campaign promises, or they can face appropriate punishment.


21 posted on 12/14/2017 12:00:18 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Signalman

And you have to provide ZERO proof that the kid even exists..this is nothing more than WELFARE..here’s an idea, stop giving illegal aliens WELFARE and FOOD STAMPS..do you know how much that would save the Govt right there


22 posted on 12/14/2017 12:08:24 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: JoSixChip

Yes as noted... various members of the GOPe will do this.


23 posted on 12/14/2017 12:11:09 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Signalman

Pence to preside over vote.


24 posted on 12/14/2017 12:12:45 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: Dont tread and Live

little Marco...he must be wetting his pants over the number of liberal dem voters (displaced Puerto Rican) entering Florida....he is such a lite weight and obvious suck to the PC left.


Yep. They are swarming the state.I saw an article about 100 Puerto Rican “hurricane refugee” kids now in Jacksonville schools. Retail jobs are becoming increasing Hispanic here, too. Walmart, fast food, etc.


25 posted on 12/14/2017 12:15:45 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Signalman

Fortunately, we now have teh Shelby Rule so we can write in our conservative of choice instead of voting for Rubio.


26 posted on 12/14/2017 12:16:23 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Signalman

“I want my original 427 Cobra”
Girly men whine.
Manly men DO!


27 posted on 12/14/2017 12:19:05 PM PST by Zathras
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To: wardamneagle

“Pence to preside over vote.”

I don’t think VP Pence will have to preside over any vote, still too many RINO’S that will kill this bill.


28 posted on 12/14/2017 12:24:45 PM PST by kagnew
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To: Signalman

He wants bigger Treasury checks for illegal aliens.


29 posted on 12/14/2017 12:40:22 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: HamiltonJay

You are kidding me right? He basically is asking for a handout for folks who’s tax bill is less than the Child Tax Credit?????


Refundable against payroll taxes (i.e. Social Security tax, etc). Given all the different things being proposed, I don’t think the tax preparer community is in danger of losing any business.


30 posted on 12/14/2017 12:44:12 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

So in other words a hand out.. ludicrous


31 posted on 12/14/2017 12:45:46 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Signalman

Trump will not be blamed if this whole thing collapses.

McTurtle and his lieutenants will.


32 posted on 12/14/2017 12:48:56 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

He's a slippery eel, that one. Thanks Signalman.
33 posted on 12/14/2017 12:49:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Signalman

Whaaa! Come on Marco, let’s see you stomp your feet and hold your breath until you turn blue. That’s what little bratty 4 year olds do when they start laying out their demands.

Snort, as if the RINO was ever going to vote for the GOP bill.


34 posted on 12/14/2017 12:50:36 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Signalman
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35 posted on 12/14/2017 1:04:14 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: HamiltonJay

So in other words a hand out.. ludicrous


Not exactly. The distinction between federal payroll and income taxes is artificial. It comes from exactly the same bucket, which is why, as Social Security has gone into deficit, the general budget has been tapped to cover the difference. Prior to going into deficit, Social Security surpluses weren’t banked - they were used as if they were part of the general budget.


36 posted on 12/14/2017 1:11:05 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Signalman
Rubio's problematic on immigration, but he's pretty level-headed (from a conservative standpoint) on other issues. The tax credit here is pretty much an attempt to shore up a segment of the GOP electorate, the white working poor, that will see little tax benefit from the bill unless the credit is passed. In closely-contested FL, it's a GOTV gesture that's essential for statewide GOP candidates to be re-elected.

I hope I'm wrong, but I expect that, without Rubio's change, this tax bill will cost the GOP its majority in both houses in 2018. Part of the reason Moore lost to Jones was probably because of this tax bill. From an optics standpoint, it looks like the GOP is in thrall to the globalist open borders plutocrats. GOP-leaning working class whites with household incomes under $40K will look at this bill and wonder why they even bother to show up at the polls. That's why the child tax credit refundable against payroll taxes is essential.

37 posted on 12/14/2017 1:23:49 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Paladin2

“More Free money for illegals....”

Bingo.


38 posted on 12/14/2017 1:43:54 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Paladin2

Yes free money for wetbacks...


39 posted on 12/14/2017 2:32:06 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocke)
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such a little punk..still pissed cuz Trump crushed him by 29 points in his home state....


40 posted on 12/14/2017 2:36:49 PM PST by basalt (ut, the leeches will soon get notices that "sorry,)
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