Posted on 09/11/2017 2:23:22 PM PDT by nodwam
Rep. Dave Brat (R) is warning that the leadership in Congress is punting on tax-reform until 2018. With Republicans in complete control of all branches of government including Congress and the Presidency they have yet to pass any meaningful legislation. After a major flop on Obamacare repeal and replace the rumor is that in the Republican lead Senate 'that tax reform is not going to take place until next year, for some reason.'
Rep. Dave Brat writes that, 'Senate leadership is hinting (or just flat-out stating) that they will craft a tax plan with Democrats in order to get to 60 votes, when Congress can pass tax reform under reconciliation THIS MONTH incorporating Republican principles.'
Conservatives have spent the last decade fighting for sanity by giving the GOP the keys to the car and the GOP will completely waste it. Brat continues, 'No doubt that the president is aware of this, which could explain much of the maneuvering that's going on as the president is fed up with excuses from leadership for not doing the right thing.'
Republicans must start the Tax Reform/Tax Cut legislation ASAP. Don't wait until the end of September. Needed now more than ever. Hurry! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 8, 2017
'As your representative, I want to put on the record right now that I seriously cannot explain what is going on with leadership's highly-flawed decision making. We need a national push to ensure that we do not find ourselves handing over the keys to the car so that Democratic leaders can steer us over the cliff.'
'This past week, fiscal conservatives were boxed into a vote by the Treasury Secretary and leadership for a spending/debt package with no reforms whatsoever. A pattern is clearly emerging, one that everyone understands quite well, as we've seen it time and again. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring tax rates down, to get rid of all of the loopholes and to drain the swamp with Republican votes. I cannot imagine how off-track tax reform will get if we turn this important decision-making process over to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi -- who have made it abundantly clear that they resist every goal of this administration.'
Mitch McConnell MUST GO. The Senate is abdicating it's duty and refusing to craft a conservative tax-reform bill.
The Senate GOPee has only a handful of reasonable members.
Okay, then explain the 108th and 109th Congresses (2003-2007) when Republicans had all 3 Houses under Pres George W Bush, and not one major domestic conservative initiative was passed.
Worthless scum
Vote the Rinos out!
-PJ
McConnell is rightfully attacked for the traitor he is. But he is there courtesy of the Republicans in the Senate. They bear the responsibility.
Dammit!
The ‘republicans’ are NOT!
Repeat ‘NOT’!
As in: NO WAY a majority in house OR senate.
Period.
They’s just too many dhimmorcats AND DEMOCRAT WANNABIES otherwise known as RINOs.
‘Swamp draining’ may have to be done NEXT ELECTION (so-proceed with PRIMARY ELECTIONS—or else!)
Yep. And that will be a sure way for them all, Trump included when he signs it, to lose me for good.
........well, I think that’s “partly” it but there’s a certain little click of folks led by Ryan and McConnell, Donohue, Trumka, Schumer, Pelosi who think they ARE the government and THEY decide major issues NOT TRUMP!
Until THEY are flushed out of the system there is not much TRUMP can do!
The “we can’t do nuthin cuz we ain’t got 60 votes” is just “cover”.
Mitch McConnell is being blackmailed. He has a deeply buried scandal. He got booted from the military for a gay episode. They covered it up with political help. Changed his records to some silly eye problem. Look it up. This needs to be investigated by Sean or Sarah Carter. Or Steve Bannon. I’m absolutely serious. It explains everything.
I think you are correct.
Mitch served five months in the Army in 1967, then was allowed to leave to serve in DC at some Congressional office.
At the height of the Vietnam War build-up.
Where some guy suddenly "remembers" after 23 years that McConnell was court-martialed for sodomy?
Yeah. Very believable.
Washington Establishment guys act like Washington Establishment guys.
Nobody needs to blackmail them.
The dogs that aren’t barking: Lee and Cruz.
Why is zat?
9/11 is a good time to remind them that they still haven’t done anything about that either.
And that was 16 years ago.
Republicans “say” they want to cut spending and waste and regulations, BUT...
They diddle and dither and pass nonsense bills to RUN OUT THEIR OWN CLOCKS!
And then, too bad, so sad, they don’t “have time” to debate and pass a REAL budget that actually would cut spending, waste and regulations.
I gather that “Continuing Resolution” is a Beltway phrase for “slush fund”...
if they pass amnesty before tax reform/obama repeal i will lose my shit.
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