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The bill over the finish line. David k. Johnson its an worse than you think what the Trump Administration is doing to america. Jennifer, ill start with you. Has the Jones Victory altered the calculations happening right now in regard to the tax about il . Absolutely. They have no margin for error if this drags into january, theyll go to 51 49. Secondly, i think there is a realization that what are they doing sticking with this president . He is not going to help them. If he cant help someone in alabama, hes not going to help them in other more competitive states. I think also a lot of these polls that are out recently, theres a whole batch of them this week showing just how unpopular this bill is. People have figured out its a gift to the rich, its a gift to corporations. Who would have thunk. So i think at this point there are more reasons to vote against it than there ....
Gift to the rich, it s a gift to corporations. who would have thunk. so i think at this point there are more reasons to vote against it than there are for it. and i would keep a very choice eye on susan collins, who is under tremendous pressure. remember, she was sold a bill of goods, some of us thought, by mitch mcconnell in promising these pieces of legislation that were supposed to ameliorate the effects of the appeal of the individual mandate. she s got nothing. does she go forward because she feels she d lose face if she doesn t? or say, wait a second, marco rubio s holding out, why can t i get what i was promised? david, it s striking to me that some of the most succinct, pithy, sort of characterizations of the distributional effects of this tax bill are coming from marco rubio, who in 20 seconds summarizes the chief beneficiaries. he says, if you can play around with the rates for people making $1 million a year, if you can play around the rates for corporations, you re tellin ....
It s a devastating argument against the bill that the republicans are proposing. the republicans have managed to do something none of us could have imagined. tax cuts have been the republican signature issue since ronald reagan. and they ve managed to produce a tax cut bill that more than two-thirds of americans are telling pollsters they oppose. i mean, you can t make this stuff up. and rubio, while i agree with you, he s something of an empty suit and not a guy with a lot of backbone, is saying something i think other senators are thinking. if i vote for this bill, if i raise taxes on even 1 in 6 middle-class families and give all these goodies away to the already richest people in the country, a $2 million a year tax cut to the 143 highest-paid americans whose jobs pay a little over $100 million a year, what are voters going to do for me? he doesn t have to run for election for a couple of cycles. ....
To do something none of us could have imagined. tax cuts have been the republican signature issue since ronald reagan. and they ve managed to produce a tax cut bill that more than two-thirds of americans are telling pollsters they oppose. i mean, you can t make this stuff up. and rubio, while i agree with you, he s something of an empty suit and not a guy with a lot of backbone, is saying something i think other senators are thinking. if i vote for this bill, if i raise taxes on even 1 in 6 middle-class families and give all these goodies away to the already richest people in the country, a $2 million a year tax cut to the 143 highest-paid americans whose jobs pay a little over $100 million a year, what are voters going to do for me? he doesn t have to run for election for a couple of cycles. marco rubio, i think he genuinely believes in the policy he s pushing, i think that s true of mike lee, i think they want to see this in here. i also think it s good policy. ....
And i would keep a very choice eye on susan collins, who is under tremendous pressure. remember, she was sold a bill of goods, some of us thought, by mitch mcconnell in promising these pieces of legislation that were supposed to ameliorate the effects of the appeal of the individual mandate. she s got nothing. does she go forward because she feels she d lose face if she doesn t? or say, wait a second, marco rubio s holding out, why can t i get what i was promised? david, it s striking to me that some of the most succinct, pithy, sort of characterizations of the distributional effects of this tax bill are coming from marco rubio, who in 20 seconds summarizes the chief beneficiaries. he says, if you can play around with the rates for people making $1 million a year, if you can play around the rates for corporations, you re telling me you can t give a refundable child tax credit of $1,100? it s a devastating argument against the bill that the republicans are proposing. the republicans ....