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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:45 AM Dec 2017

Dem senator: 'I wanted to be more involved' GOP tax plan

Source: The Hill

BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 12/17/17 10:34 AM EST

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) said on Sunday that he wishes he could have been more involved in the Republican-backed tax legislation that appears set to pass through both houses of Congress this week. "I wanted to be more involved," Manchin told NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press."

"And the president told me, he said 'Joe this is not going to be a tax cut for the rich like me.' And I said, 'Mr. President that's good.' He said it's going to be for the average working person, who's got left behind," Manchin said. "Well, I really believe that the president wanted to work in a bipartisan way," he continued.

Manchin went on to say that he gave the White House suggestions that would have made the legislation more palatable for Democrats. "I gave them a whole litany of things that I thought ten or more Democrats would vote for," he said.

"Once Mitch McConnell decided that 51 votes was all he was needed, and they were all going to be Republicans and make it political, that's exactly what happened."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/365320-democratic-senator-i-wanted-to-be-more-involved-gop-tax-plan

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Dem senator: 'I wanted to be more involved' GOP tax plan (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

It's all about fucking over Democratic voters and rewarding wealthy repuglikans. lastlib Dec 2017 #1

A Waste of Breath disndat Dec 2017 #2

I wish the DEMs in both Houses had participated in the Tax Bill. NCjack Dec 2017 #3

This assumes that any of their amendments would have been accepted on each bill BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #4

Coincidence? Both articles - same page, same day keithbvadu2 Dec 2017 #5

he sounds like a fucking idiot Skittles Dec 2017 #6

lastlib

(23,340 posts)

1. It's all about fucking over Democratic voters and rewarding wealthy repuglikans.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 11:57 AM

Dec 2017

I LOATHE that fucking McTurdle!

disndat

(1,887 posts)

2. A Waste of Breath

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 12:36 PM

Dec 2017

The Republican House and Senate are totally controlled by Koch Bros and the Mercers, Brietbart backers. with their huge oil and hedge fund money.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)

3. I wish the DEMs in both Houses had participated in the Tax Bill.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Dec 17, 2017, 12:42 PM

Dec 2017

Just like the way the GOP participated in the ACA -- loaded it up with a boat load of amendments designed to make it unwieldy and frustrating. And then when it came to vote, the GOP jerks who got their amendments voted against it.

That's what the DEMs should have done to the Tax Bills. Loaded the up with junk to make them unwieldy and frustrating, and then vote against them. GOP keeps giving tutorials, but we refuse to learn.