Once again, a few courageous and principled Republican Senators have an opportunity to stop fraudulent tax legislation, which will dramatically undermine the middle class, and only be a massive tax cut for millionaires and billionaires, including Donald Trump and his family, despite the crooked President’s denials.
A few Republican Senators stood in the way of destroying ObamaCare without any replacement, and this legislation on taxes also is another attempt to destroy ObamaCare without any alternative for millions of Americans.
So one can hope that Senator John McCain of Arizona, Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska will stand strong.
But additionally, there is hope that Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, and Senator Dean Heller Of Nevada may also fight the legislation, with the first two not running for reelection in 2018, so free to be independent, and Heller, the most endangered Republican Senator running in 2018, under great pressure to oppose legislation that will harm most of his constituents.
Also, on different motivations, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin could vote against the legislation.
All that is needed is three Senators, and the tax plan fails, and IF Doug Jones wins the Alabama Senate seat on December 12, then only two Senators on the Republican side are needed to derail the legislation, and cause a massive defeat for Donald Trump, who will have accomplished nothing by legislation in Congress in his first year, making him a total failure in that regard.
I recommend watching Rachel Maddow’s show from tonight, 11/28/17. She talked about protests around the country in opposition to the GOP’s tax bill, then showed video of the Senate committee budget hearing. The video shows protesters interrupting the committee and then shows how the committee voted. Bernie, Angus King (the other independent), and all the Democrats on the committed voted NO. All the Republicans on the committee voted YES.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
Thanks for that, Leia. Those votes show clearly which party is on the side of the poor and the middle class and which party is against them.
Senate Republicans have the votes to pass their tax plan.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/senate-tax-bill-vote-uncertainty/index.html
The Senate GOP passed their taxes. Corker was the only one who voted against the tax bill. http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/senate-tax-bill-vote-uncertainty/index.html