The debate on the tax bill just got interesting.

[SamKnause]

A page of amendments by lobbyists was added.

The copy that was given to the Senator was unreadable.

The text on the right hand side of the page was cut off.

A Senator wrote in the missing parts all the way down the page.

He asked to have it submitted in the record to show how this is being rammed

and rushed through.

He was not allowed.

[dalton99a]

1. The world's greatest deliberative body

[SamKnause]

2. Exactly.

[Stuart G]

3. I second that motion...

[Bluepinky]

31. Neither deliberative nor great.

Just a group of assholes who can’t see past their rectums.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. Is this the correct process Mccain was talking about...hummm - eom

[SamKnause]

6. Of course it is.

He is a maverick.

What kind of fucking maverick I don't know.

They all sicken me to my core !!!!!!!!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. "regular order"

Except when it comes to his money.

[reggaehead]

21. Definitely

He said so himself

[SnowCritter]

24. I'm thinking he's a Ford Maverick

just sayin'.

[YOHABLO]

26. Hey, I had a Ford Maverick. Yeah they were cheap and crappy, but it got me where I needed to go.

[uponit7771]

35. +1

[MontanaMama]

5. How many still have to vote?

Anybody know?

[SamKnause]

7. They are debating, not voting.

[MontanaMama]

8. phew.

I thought I missed something. Thank you.

[SamKnause]

10. They will vote later tonight.

It will probably pass.

I don't think the Democratic Senators can stop it.

I have been watching for hours.

The Republicans have been telling lie after lie.

[MontanaMama]

12. CSPAN?

I'm looking for it now. I have no doubt it will pass. Nauseating that there are no heroes at all in the GOP. Not one.

[SamKnause]

16. C-SPAN 2

[TeamPooka]

17. The will pass it under the cover of darkness late at night. That's usually how evil legislation wins

[flamingdem]

9. Shameful

May this bite them in their collective ugly butts

[Irish_Dem]

15. Shameful. And yes I hope karma time arrives quickly for them. nt

[PatrickforO]

22. Well, the problem is that the unintended consequences of this

horrible mistake will adversely affect all of us. The economy is already in overdrive, with corporate profits at record highs and unemployment at record lows. The tax cut will decrease government revenues which will drive interest rates up. The rising interest rates will cause cuts in government services and nonmilitary discretionary funding that comes back to states for things like transportation, social safety nets and earned income programs like Social Security and Medicare which will have to be more stringently means tested.

Because more and more money will have to go to fund interest on the national debt.

But rest assured we will have more 'defense' spending, as well as more 'national security' spending. And as more of our wealth goes to the coffers of slimy billionaire parasites like Charles Koch, we will continue to be squeezed.

Tighter money will constrict the economy and throw us into a recession.

Laughing Republicans will continue to deregulate and privatize everything in sight, and soon we will have private schools, police departments, firefighting departments. Government everywhere will constrict. In some areas, they will not be able to afford to turn on streetlights. Parks and public properties will be ruined in the quest for ever greater profits from mining and extraction, and city parks and open spaces will become dangerous and overgrown.

Democrats will fight back, but there will be a war, and elections will be suspended.

Only an ever-shrinking number of so-called middle class people will be able to afford to educate their children, and college will pretty much be out of reach for everyone but the children of billionaire freaks. Healthcare will be out of reach as well, and only the wealthy will be able to afford any kind of decent healthcare. The rest of us will have to hope we can die quickly without suffering too much.

THAT'S RIGHT - THIS IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON ECONOMIC JUSTICE, which will put social justice causes further in the background to simmer. The truth is these two must go hand in hand. We did talk about that, didn't we?

[flamingdem]

25. The worst part to me is that now the "donors" will simply control the political process

and get it all paid back to them plus

[still_one]

27. Let's hope that we can take back Congress in 2018, and try to reverse the atrocity

[LAS14]

11. Which senator? A Dem, I assume? Where did you get this info? nt

[SamKnause]

19. I have been watching for hours.

I don't know which Senator.

Yes, it was a Democratic Senator.

I think it was posted online before they even had access to it. (Don't quote me on that because I am not sure)

[KewlKat]

36. Last night I watched a D Senator from Montana talk about

This farce. He held up a sheet of paper with the writing down the side had only received the nearly 500 pages 25 minutes before and would be voting on it shortly.

[AmericanActivist]

14. Phase 2 of Republicans hostile takeover of USA nm

[a kennedy]

18. Im watching Toomey from Pennsylvania......

he’s full of shit!!!!! SCREW THEM ALL!!!!!!

[WinkyDink]

30. I hate him the most, as I'm from PA.

[SamKnause]

20. Bernie kicked ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CentralMass]

28. +1

[zentrum]

23. Theft in plain sight.

[WinkyDink]

29. Bonnie and Clyde didn't have anything on these Republicans.

[zentrum]

33. Or the entire Mob

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..in its heyday.

[WinkyDink]

34. We're ruled by "Badfellas."

[Amimnoch]

32. Well.. motion to adjourn to Monday just failed.

This monstrosity is going to be passed... Very likely will pass down the same lines.