Breaking: Jeff Flake (R-Az) votes for terrible tax bill. It looks like the GOP has enough to pass.
Just so we’re all clear, a bill no one’s seen, no one’s read, and no one’s scored, dramatically affecting the planet’s largest economy, is going to pass “the world’s most deliberative body” this afternoon. https://t.co/oS3U5BeGkn
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) December 1, 2017
Graham and Cruz confirm there is no deficit trigger or any alternatives to address 1trillion deficit. Insist tax cuts will pay for themselves. Graham says if he’s wrong about that, country will pay a price.
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) December 1, 2017
Narrator: “He’s wrong about that.”
FURTHER THOUGHT:
I titled this post “In Other News….”, but one wonders about the haste of the passage of this Tax Bill. No hearings, almost no scoring, very few amendments. Was the processed rushed because insiders knew that the Flynn plea deal was coming?