Republicans Ready to Move on a Tax Plan Few Have Seen

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — Almost no one on or off Capitol Hill has seen the tax overhaul bill that Republicans are drafting behind closed doors. Congressional staff members have not settled on many key details. Yet party leaders are preparing to move ahead on a timeline even more aggressive than their unsuccessful attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The swift pace to complete, release and quickly vote on a tax cut is aimed at leaving little time for the type of dissent that has scuttled previous tax proposals.

Senators are expected to approve a budget resolution for the 2018 fiscal year by early Friday, setting up a rapid series of hearings and votes with the aim of getting a bill to President Trump by Christmas.

Republicans have been meeting for weeks in closed-door sessions to debate details of the tax plan, including two half-day retreats for House members late last month. House leaders will hold two smaller-group sessions next week, scheduled to last three to four hours each.

The speed is striking — and strategic — for tax legislation that lobbyists believe could span 1,000 pages. Republicans hope the breakneck pace will help hold their narrow Senate majority together against what will almost certainly be a deluge of lobbying and Democratic criticism.

The last major tax overhaul, which passed in 1986, took nearly 11 months from introduction to presidential signature.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Will it destroy poor people and old people? Then hand it here, no problem, sign it quick

fucking murderers

[yallerdawg]

2. I don't get it.

Why did we need 60 votes to pass everything under Obama for 8 years.

And now - successful or not - the R's repeatedly need only 50?

[BigmanPigman]

3. McConnell is the devil incarnate.

He doesn't need a Halloween costume. His everyday costume is a turtle carrying a pitchfork.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. This is the way they do everything anymore. It's a horrible situation.

I understand they are going to do the 51 vote thing with this too. It's a goddamn mess.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. So more major legislation that discussed "behind closed doors" and nobody's allowed to see??

That worked so well for them the last time(s)...

[nolabels]

6. They know they are going back to being a minority party sooner rather than later

Finding stuff that will stick to wall is what they are looking for and the quicker the better for them is how they see it.

If the pyramid scheme (also known at the stock market) crashes before the get to pull it off then all bets are off also.

The rest of the world is also figuring out that they don't need Washington D.C. and are making plans accordingly.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. The way things are going, I'm betting on sooner, but I'm not holding my breath

When they nominated Trump I figured the Republican party was on its way out, which shows how much I know.

Though I live in a "blue state" (New York), I live in a traditionally Republican area and the Rep we currently have is a follower of Paul Ryan. But the voters are waking up and there have been numerous protests. She doesn't post her schedule until after the fact to avoid protest groups showing up wherever she goes. Of course I'd like to know where everyone was back in November, but the hopeful sign is that we already have several Democrats interested in running for her seat. *fingers crossed*

As for the rest of the world, you're absolutely right, they're learning to move ahead without us. But, like everyone else, I'm hoping that Mueller comes to our rescue before it's too late.