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Schumer calls for GOP to delay tax bill after Alabama election
The Hill ^ | 12/13/17 10:28 AM EST | Jordain Carney

Posted on 12/13/2017 11:59:02 AM PST by COBOL2Java

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is demanding that Republicans delay a vote on their tax plan following Tuesday's special election in Alabama.

"We Senate Democrats are calling on Mitch McConnell to hit pause on his tax bill and not hold a final vote until Doug Jones is sworn in to the Senate," he told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday.

He added that "it would be wrong for Senate Republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from Alabama the opportunity to cast his vote."

Democrat Doug Jones won the special election, defeating GOP candidate Roy Moore, who was facing several accusations of pursuing relationships with teenagers when he was in his 30s.

Jones's win will narrow the GOP majority in the Senate down to a single seat, 51-49, complicating Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) ability to pass legislation.

Democratic senators and progressive outside groups immediately called on the tax bill to be delayed.

But Jones isn't expected to impact the current timeline for tax reform.

Republicans want to vote on their tax bill next week, and Alabama officials have said they will not certify the Senate race results until Dec. 26. That means Jones might not be seated until January.

Schumer, asked about when he wanted Doug Jones to be seated, said it should happen "as soon as possible," but noted that Alabama law would delay it until late December.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Kentucky; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 115th; alabama; charlesschumer; chuckschumer; douchejones; dougjones; kentucky; mitchmcconnell; newyork; roymoore; schumer; taxcuts; taxreform; trumptaxcuts; upchuckschumer
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1 posted on 12/13/2017 11:59:02 AM PST by COBOL2Java
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Stuff it Chucky!..................


2 posted on 12/13/2017 11:59:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: COBOL2Java

Will Mitch the Bitch bow to Crazy Chuck?

Sadly with these RINOs you just can’t tell


3 posted on 12/13/2017 12:00:07 PM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: COBOL2Java

FUCS


4 posted on 12/13/2017 12:00:21 PM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a' white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: COBOL2Java

You can bet Chucky would do that if the shoe was on the other foot.


5 posted on 12/13/2017 12:00:28 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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6 posted on 12/13/2017 12:01:20 PM PST by DoughtyOne (This forum is a Doug Jones free zone! Go Roy Moore!)
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To: COBOL2Java

Right Chuck...because the reason Jones won was because Alabamians were upset at his approach to taxes and preferred that of Jones.


7 posted on 12/13/2017 12:01:29 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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Hey Chuck,

Tell us how you’d do the same if the tables were reversed.

Libs always try to use our conservative values against us, but would never consider employing conservative values in their own lives.

A favorite tactic of Satan.


8 posted on 12/13/2017 12:02:21 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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er I mean upset at Roy Moore for his approach to taxes....was totally a policy oriented context, a real tax referendum vote....


9 posted on 12/13/2017 12:02:22 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: COBOL2Java

I am sick to death of Chuck Schumer lecturing us, glasses halfway down his nose.


10 posted on 12/13/2017 12:04:00 PM PST by KJC1 (Illegals: One hand out and the other one flipping us the bird)
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To: Red Badger

Chucky can whine all he wants. After Scott Brown was elected preventing the dems from having 60 votes Harry Reid decided to launch Obamacare through “reconciliation” instead of through normal process.


11 posted on 12/13/2017 12:04:33 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: COBOL2Java

Schumer’s other strategies for delay on the tax bill are not working.

This is just something else thrown at the wall in the hopes it will stick.

Technically, Luther Strange is still in the seat until Alabama state authorities certify the election results. What with a recount being called for, this could take a while.

And who knows? Al Gropen, er, Franken got seated after a sufficient number of recounts.


12 posted on 12/13/2017 12:04:48 PM PST by alloysteel (The rhetorical question, "How stupid can you be?" is just considered to be a challenge by some.)
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I can’t post what I’d like to about this.


13 posted on 12/13/2017 12:05:14 PM PST by Rusty0604
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Screw You Up Chuck.


14 posted on 12/13/2017 12:05:45 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: COBOL2Java

McConnell is probably cowering in the corner right now. Let’s start taking odds to see how fast Republicans will acquiesce to Schumer and the Democrats.


15 posted on 12/13/2017 12:07:57 PM PST by Obadiah
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Oh they will. I have very little doubt.


16 posted on 12/13/2017 12:08:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne (This forum is a Doug Jones free zone! Go Roy Moore!)
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To: COBOL2Java

lolchuck


18 posted on 12/13/2017 12:09:38 PM PST by babble-on
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To: COBOL2Java
The only solution to the country's problems is for Trump to somehow get the DOJ to act like a real DOJ and arrest half of the Senate (and Congress) for all their crimes. The whole place needs to be flushed.

Until that happens, we're stuck in the muck the deep state has going there.

19 posted on 12/13/2017 12:09:51 PM PST by Cementjungle
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Uckyou, chuckie...y’all shoved healthcare down our throats by changing the rules last minute.

STFU.


20 posted on 12/13/2017 12:11:15 PM PST by Adder (Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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