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GOP senators hold back support for tax bill over child tax credit [Also Lee, Utah]
Fox News ^ | December 14, 2017 | Alex Pappas, Mike Emanuel, Chad Pergram, Serafin Gomez, Adam Shapiro

Posted on 12/14/2017 6:03:51 PM PST by familyop

Two Republican senators indicated Thursday they were holding back support for the final $1.5 trillion GOP tax reform bill unless a larger child tax credit is included...The strongest statement came from the office of Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio...Conn Carroll, a spokesman for Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee, also said Lee is "undecided" on the bill in its current form. “Sen. Lee continues to work to make the [child tax credit] as beneficial as possible to American working families," Carroll said.

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To: familyop

The Cheap Labor Express stooges want bigger Treasury checks for illegal aliens.


21 posted on 12/14/2017 6:32:37 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: familyop

Theyre anti-Trumpers! Period! Nothing else to say about these backstabbing, Uniparty bastards!


22 posted on 12/14/2017 6:32:45 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Architect of Avalon

The child tax credit is how they funnel OUR money to illegal aliens.


23 posted on 12/14/2017 6:34:16 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: familyop

Back in the day republican leaders in the senate and house knew how to twist arms, and use the carrot and the stick to keep pisants like Rubio thinking straight.


24 posted on 12/14/2017 6:37:52 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (United We Stand, Divided We Fall. Remember That Diversity Is The Opposite Of Unity.)
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To: familyop

Politicians just doing what they do best.

Politics is a scam and we’re suckers for playing.


25 posted on 12/14/2017 6:37:54 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Hope and redemption are to be found in the Lord. Not in politics.)
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To: Okeydoker

I looked it up. Sure enough, Lee is a Mormon.


26 posted on 12/14/2017 6:38:19 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

One too many M’s there.


27 posted on 12/14/2017 6:38:52 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Okeydoker
"Sounds like the mormon cult and their members (lee) want to favor the big cult families."

Is there no limit to the number of children that the child tax credit can be claimed for? I'm digging and haven't found the answer, yet.


28 posted on 12/14/2017 6:46:09 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

Rubio is insisting the rest of us increase subsidies for families with children. I don’t care how they kill this how mess as long as they do.


29 posted on 12/14/2017 6:47:53 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: familyop

McConnell is a pathetic loser. Reid would never let a little pipsqueak junior senator hold legislation hostage to his grandstanding.


30 posted on 12/14/2017 6:48:11 PM PST by clintonh8r (I've been banned from TheHill.com. #Proud)
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To: Wolfie

Hmmm... I wonder what your parent’s would say!


31 posted on 12/14/2017 6:49:51 PM PST by Torquay
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To: dfwgator

I’ve said all along that this bill will not pass. It’s the very same maneuvering that killed the Obamacare “repeal” and every other legislative initiative Trump has put forth. McConnell is a snake and all of this is carefully orchestrated and choreographed by wretched Uniparty establishment. It’s going to take nothing less than a good old-fashioned ass-kicking to restore constitutional justice to this country.


32 posted on 12/14/2017 6:53:27 PM PST by huckfillary
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To: familyop; Max Tactical; SkyPilot; Mariner; Rome2000; Jarhead9297; nopardons

Geez, how much of a credit do they want? They would do so much better if they objected to the elimination of personal exemptions and the high-arsed top tax rate and the 30% abomination against pass-thru small businesses instead.


33 posted on 12/14/2017 6:54:11 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Women prefer men with money and muscles. DUH!)
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To: wiseprince

21.94% Only government officials would create a tax rate down to the nearest basis point.


34 posted on 12/14/2017 6:55:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Women prefer men with money and muscles. DUH!)
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To: familyop

Every day I hate the GOP a little more.


35 posted on 12/14/2017 6:58:30 PM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Lurkinanloomin
"The Cheap Labor Express stooges want bigger Treasury checks for illegal aliens."

A full time, minimum wage parent with two kids will get nothing from the credit under the earlier House plan (example, $14,500 gross per year). Nada. Lower income parents getting a little more than $14,500 would begin to benefit only a little with the advantage slowly increasing with increasingly higher income. Don't know what the new bill says about that--probably about the same.

Also, the House version would fully benefit those receiving up to about $230,000 per year.


36 posted on 12/14/2017 6:59:37 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The Earned Income Tax Credit was different and did give lower income parents more of a return, if I remember correctly. Don’t know if any the current bills leave it in code.


37 posted on 12/14/2017 7:10:21 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There was a change in the pass-through deduction. This was the last change that I saw.

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38 posted on 12/14/2017 7:21:02 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Okeydoker
Sounds like the mormon cult and their members (lee) want to favor the big cult families.

They are American citizens and their elected representative (Sen. Lee) has a right to advocate pro-family policies that benefit them. They also have a constitutional right to freedom of worship.
39 posted on 12/14/2017 7:28:40 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: edie1960

It is almost to the point Trump should say ‘Go for it’ and we will take you out next election.


40 posted on 12/14/2017 7:29:11 PM PST by taterjay
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