[TIElniff]

So why is it that the Democrats are trying to repeal the provision and the Republicans are opposing that repeal?
The Republicans are probably looking that the $17 billion windfall that they estimate will result. Talk about missing the forest for the trees!

[Red Badger]

To replace that revenue, Democrats proposed curbing foreign tax credits that multinational firms use to lower their U.S. tax burden. This revenue-raising proposal, however, presumably was the death knell for a measure supported by Democrats and Republicans, alike.

The Dems hitched the legislation to this horse hockey legislation...............The Republicans had to vote against it.............