Senate passes procedural vote on tax bill
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)The Senate has passed a procedural vote on the tax bill that allows debate to begin on the measure with a final vote expected late Thursday or Friday.
The procedural vote passed 52-48.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/tax-bill-vote/index.html
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it's the end of The United States of America, as we know it. How any Republican can vote for this boggles my mind. Do they ever expect to be elected to office again? Just to appease their "president" and their wealthy donors. Not one Republican has any honesty, integrity or conscience. NOT ONE!
This may be their only chance to do what they've always wanted; give huge tax breaks to corporations (that already took their jobs overseas), give gigantic tax breaks to their very wealthy campaign donors, and finally, above all else, they have a chance to do away with what they call "entitlements". The huge deficits are going to have to be tamped down with money from somewhere, and this "tax plan" makes sure that money will come from Medicare, Medicaid, and every other safety net program the United States government runs. How these pieces of crap figure Medicare is an "entitlement" is beyond the pale of reason. People pay into that plan their entire lives, just so the Republicans can "borrow" from it (doesn't "borrowing suggest it will be paid back?) and actually turn it into an entitlement. This gives them a chance to gut every safety net program in place, and they're loving it!
What is wrong with these people? Why does putting an (R) after your name turn you into a sub-human piece of shit?
The can't afford to waste any time, so I think they've already reached an agreement they can be happy with. They want to push this through very quickly, so I don't see them holding the process up over technicalities. Trump can't wait to sign something that actually means anything, then hold it up to the cameras so all can see what an effective pResident he is.