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BREAKING: Senate Republicans are confident they have the votes to pass tax bill
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| Published 13 Mins Ago Updated 1 Min Ago
| Jacob Pramuk
Posted on 12/01/2017 7:56:29 AM PST by GonzoII
Senate Republicans were confident that they had the votes needed Friday to pass their tax plan as last-minute changes brought more GOP lawmakers on board.
Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., earlier Friday said they would back the bill after securing further tax relief for pass-through businesses. Then, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., committed to supporting the plan, leaving Republican leaders confident that they had the support.
On Friday morning, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, called holdout Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., the last two senators who need to get on board. The GOP can pass the legislation even if both senators oppose it over budget deficit concerns.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Montana; US: Oklahoma; US: Tennessee; US: Texas; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 115th; bobcorker; corker; fourth100days; jameslankford; jeffflake; johncornyn; montana; oklahoma; ronjohnson; stevedaines; taxbill; taxcuts; taxes; taxreform; texas; trump; trumptaxcuts; wisconsin
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posted on
12/01/2017 7:56:29 AM PST
by
GonzoII
To: GonzoII
Whoopdi do, we get a crap sandwich of a tax bill......
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posted on
12/01/2017 7:58:41 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: GonzoII
Doesn’t really matter what’s in the bill, just pass it, right?
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posted on
12/01/2017 7:59:41 AM PST
by
repentant_pundit
(Sammy's your uncle, but he behaves like a spoiled rotten baby.)
To: GonzoII
alled holdout Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., the last two senators who need to get on board
Those two liberal numbnuts are on their way out the door. So anything they added to it can't be good.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:01:25 AM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: GonzoII
Mitch has a grip on the tally.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:02:34 AM PST
by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
To: GonzoII
Good, the puke from OK backed down. Now they can ignore Liddle Corker and Flake(y). No trigger, give them nothing!
To: GonzoII
Since when has the Uni-Party cared about the deficit?
To: GonzoII
Once again, let Corker have his automatic trigger.
The supreme court ruled Gramm, Ruddman, Hollings spending triggers to reduce spending to be unconstitutional. The same case makes automatic taxing increases also unconstitutional.
Let's know our history folks! 1985 was not that long ago.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:03:11 AM PST
by
blackdog
To: GonzoII
Trump should hold the 4000 page “Tax Bill “ up for the cameras and proudly say:
The CONgress has done a great job in sending this Tax Bill to me so I can sign it in to Law. As Soon as the Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House complete a Full Reading on the floor and in to the record of their respective Houses of Congress, I will sign it.
The American People deserve to know what is in it and they deserve to be Personally told by their Leaders.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:03:21 AM PST
by
eyeamok
(Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
To: GonzoII
“””last-minute changes brought more GOP lawmakers on board”””
Must be those timed tax increases that go into effect when/if the tax decrease fails to perform as hoped.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:05:08 AM PST
by
Pollard
(TRUMP 2020)
To: GonzoII
Can’t wait to find out just how much bigger my tax bill will be this year!
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:05:09 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Lurkinanloomin
Damn the deficit, full speed ahead.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:05:15 AM PST
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: GonzoII
I think they may still be one short. Corker/Collins/Flake
Who will be the first to get bought off? My money’s on Corker.
To: GonzoII
There are millions of people in the $30,000 - $75,000 income bracket who made plenty of money in the stack market...thanks to President Trump.
Everyone who has a 401k or another plan has already reaped more than any tax cut.
To: GonzoII
Comes down to the conference committee.
See if Mitch and Ryan pack it with RINOs.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:06:12 AM PST
by
AU72
To: repentant_pundit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Rudman%E2%80%93Hollings_Balanced_Budget_Act
Actually in regards to Corker's trigger, no it does not matter. The supreme court ruled it void.
We need to get smart folks.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:06:44 AM PST
by
blackdog
To: Lisbon1940
Damn the deficit, full speed ahead.
The debt is $20 trillion. What's another few trillion, more or less, at this point?
/sarc
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:08:28 AM PST
by
Deo volente
("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)
To: GonzoII
I’m underwhelmed by this poor effort.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:10:06 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: ptsal
Mitch has a grip on the tallywacker....
To: blackdog
Automatic spending cuts no, but automatic tax increases would be OK.
They work for Fedzilla.
They do what is good for Fedzilla.
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posted on
12/01/2017 8:11:04 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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