Thank You Senator: Sen. Bob Corker says he will vote against Senate Republican tax-reform package

[spanone]

This is my senator that I wrote every day this week....thanks Senator Corker

WASHINGTON – After days of will-he-or-won’t-he intrigue, Sen. Bob Corker said Friday he will vote against the Senate Republican plan to reform the nation’s tax system after GOP leaders failed to satisfy his demands that the package must not increase the federal deficit.

“While I support a number of the provisions included in this legislation and continue to believe it would have been fairly easy to alter the bill in a way that would have been more fiscally sound without harming the pro-growth policies, unfortunately, it is clear that the caucus is in a different place,” the Tennessee Republican said in a statement.

“This is yet another tough vote,” Corker said. “I am disappointed. I wanted to get to yes. But at the end of the day, I am not able to cast aside my fiscal concerns and vote for legislation that I believe, based on the information I currently have, could deepen the debt burden on future generations.”

Senate Republican leaders say they have the votes needed to pass the legislation without Corker's support. A vote is expected Friday evening.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/01/sen-bob-corker-says-he-vote-against-senate-republican-tax-reform-package/911198001/

[Angry Dragon]

1. and still NO ONE gets to read the bill before vote

and no way to debate without reading

[spanone]

2. this will haunt the republican party for decades....i hope

it's so insane.

[lagomorph777]

8. I hope they are completely wiped out.

"Republican" will become a serious cussword, and they'll have to go back to their original name, "Order of the Temple of Solomon: The Knights Templar."

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Ironically it was John Conyers who said "Nobody reads the bills".

[Angry Dragon]

9. I have an answer to the question he asked

IT IS CALLED DOING YOUR FUCKING JOB

[still_one]

3. Its bullshit, they are giving corker cover

[oberliner]

4. Only because he knows it already has 51 votes

So it doesn't matter.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Is he being a good citizen or a grandstander?

[Kingofalldems]

6. Looks like a dupe from another thread.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029911741#post7

[oberliner]

10. Two different threads praising Corker

My response is the same to both: he deserves no praise, they already had the 51 votes.

It is a sad day for America.