'' ... my Republican colleagues forgot to comply with the rules of the Senate ''

[Donkees]

Link to tweet

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 – The Senate parliamentarian advised Tuesday that three provisions in the Republican tax bill violate the Byrd rule, including a provision allowing for the use of 529 savings accounts for home-schooling expenses, the short title: “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” and part of the criteria used to determine whether the endowments of private universities are subject to the legislation’s new excise tax. These provisions may be struck from the conference report absent 60 votes.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Budget Committee, and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Finance Committee, issued a joint statement in response to the decision:

“In the mad dash to provide tax breaks for their billionaire campaign contributors, our Republican colleagues forgot to comply with the rules of the Senate. We applaud the parliamentarian for determining that three provisions in this disastrous bill are in violation of the Byrd rule. It is our intention to raise a point of order to remove these provisions from the conference report and require the House to vote on this bill again. Instead of providing tax breaks to the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations, we need to rebuild the disappearing middle class.”

[Deb]

1. Senator Byrd would be so pleased

[Irish_Dem]

2. No problem, McTurtle will just make up new rules. nt

[gratuitous]

4. House Majority Leader McCarthy has already said the House is going to have to vote again

This is a very reassuring development for people who want to believe this whole thing has proceeded very soberly and deliberately.

[louis-t]

3. They don't need no stinkin' rules.

Assholes.

[Arazi]

5. Good job Bernie

[aka-chmeee]

11. No, Good Job Elizabeth MacDonough nt

[George II]

19. And Senator Wyden, who dug out the rule

[ffr]

6. I wish Sanders would use Swamp Dwellers in place of billionaire campaign contributors

Or just add it to it.

Use their own words against them.

[Donkees]

7. 'Republicans have to change the name of their tax bill because it violates Senate rules. '

Link to tweet

[ffr]

9. That's almost as good. I wonder if he had that on a chart while speaking.

[dchill]

10. I think we should call it ROTCOB.

Raise our taxes, cut our benefits.

[notdarkyet]

12. Trumps tax travesty. They called aca Obamacare so we need trumps name on this.

[pangaia]

13. WAR ON HUMAN BEINGS.

[JHB]

15. The Republican Financial Vandalism Act

[DFW]

8. I believe this is what they call in sports games

"Running out the clock."

Make a thousand tiny procedural objections, and let the Republicans pretend to howl in rage that the evil Democrats killed their bill with nit-picking, when what really happened is that the Democrats (if successful) will have saved their sorry asses from doing their constituents the worst disservice since approving the Gulf of Tonkin resolution,.

[angrychair]

14. My tweet on this clusterf*ck

Great job @SpeakerRyan not only does you tax plan make the @GOP look like feckless and avaricious grifters but you were so focused on voting you didn’t care what you were voting for and passed a bill you couldn’t send to the Senate 👍

[irisblue]

16. Senator! 👏👏👏👏👏

Nice slaps at those fools.
Let them that have ears, hear the truth.

[L. Coyote]

17. Incompetence at its finest on display. Stop the Republicans. Make America Guileless Again.

Link to tweet

[gristy]

18. If someone asked me to proofread and edit that statement I would have changed forgot to failed.

Forgot implies forgetfulness. That they intended to but forgot.
Call the spade a spade. They failed to do it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. Good Luck Bernie.