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tanaquiJust when you thought Drumpf's terrible tax plan couldn't be any more terrible (in the many ways outlined by kitajmaze), Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee "produced a new plan [...] tying the overall package to an effective repeal of a key part of Obamacare": the individual mandate.
Senate Republicans add Obamacare gamble to tax plan
The House version of the bill, which will likely be voted on tomorrow (Thursday) doesn't include the Obamacare repeal, so the two bills would need reconciling if the Senate passes an amended version with the repeal. With any luck, this will lose the Republicans some of the votes they need to pass the plan at all in the Senate, slowing it down and snarling it up. But time to contact your senators again, I guess.
Edit: the Washington Post has a story about the Republican senators who are or may be uncomfortable with the new bill: Johnson, Collins, Corker and McCain are all mentioned.
Edit 2: Oh, joy! This is in the House bill, not the Senate version: a clause about 529 college saving accounts includes language intended to help establish "fetal personhood", thereby undermining Roe vs Wade.
kitajmaze), Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee "produced a new plan [...] tying the overall package to an effective repeal of a key part of Obamacare": the individual mandate.Senate Republicans add Obamacare gamble to tax plan
The House version of the bill, which will likely be voted on tomorrow (Thursday) doesn't include the Obamacare repeal, so the two bills would need reconciling if the Senate passes an amended version with the repeal. With any luck, this will lose the Republicans some of the votes they need to pass the plan at all in the Senate, slowing it down and snarling it up. But time to contact your senators again, I guess.
Edit: the Washington Post has a story about the Republican senators who are or may be uncomfortable with the new bill: Johnson, Collins, Corker and McCain are all mentioned.
Edit 2: Oh, joy! This is in the House bill, not the Senate version: a clause about 529 college saving accounts includes language intended to help establish "fetal personhood", thereby undermining Roe vs Wade.
