Dems knock Toomey over proposed college provision in tax plan

[icymist]

Republican negotiators have slipped into the tax bill a provision that would exempt Hillsdale College, a leading conservative college in Michigan, from an excise tax on schools with more than 500 students or large endowments.

The GOP amendment making final changes to the tax bill includes language sponsored by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that would exempt any university that does not accept federal financial aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act from excise taxes, Democratic aides said.

Hillsdale College is the only college or university that meets this definition, according to Democratic sources.

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he tax earmark is a big win for a school with several connections to the Trump administration.
For example, Erik Prince, the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, graduated from Hillsdale in 1992.

Hillsdale graduates who joined the Trump administration include Josh Venable, chief of staff at the Department of Education; David Morrell, associate counsel to the president; Trump speechwriter Brittany Baldwin, and Stephen Ford, a speech writer for Vice President Pence.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/362896-dems-knock-toomey-over-proposed-college-provision-in-tax-plan

[Gabi Hayes]

1. 25 years after my moms death, I still get junk mail from them

I’ve sent pieces of lead back to them in their postage paid return fundraising packets

[rgbecker]

2. My Dad was enammbered of the place and put me on the mailing list for their rag "Imprimis".

Reading it would put me into a rage and I finally realized I needed to stop for my health.