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(24,745 posts)Freedom Caucus chairman courts Dems on tax reform
"Rep. Mark Meadows, the conservative hard-liner and chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, is playing an unlikely role in the push for tax reform: liaison to Democrats.
In a bid to help shape and build support for the tax package, the North Carolina Republican has been reaching across the aisle to a handful of moderate Democrats, he told The Hill in an interview. The outreach includes Rep. John Delaney (Md.), who has said hes running for president in 2020, and Rep. John Garamendi, the former California insurance commissioner and lieutenant governor.
Meadowss top ally, former Freedom Caucus chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), has taken part in many of those informal, bipartisan discussions."
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/355233-freedom-caucus-chairman-courts-dems-on-tax-reform
As for the democrats in this piece from these two states, I will be calling Delaney's office tomorrow, since I live in Maryland
U.S. Capitol Switchboard, (202) 224-3121 ...