Two top Trump administration officials will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to meet with a group of Senate Democrats about the Republican tax cut plan, according to reports from the Washington Post and CNN.
Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affairs, and Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, will discuss potential changes to the Republican tax plan, unnamed people familiar with the meeting told the Washington Post. Short confirmed the meeting to CNN.
He told CNN that Tuesday’s meeting is not the first time the White House has reached out to Democrats about tax reform. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) organized the meeting, both CNN and the Washington Post reported.
At least eight Democrats will attend the meeting, including Manchin and several moderate Democrats up for re-election next year, according to the Washington Post. Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Jon Tester (D-MT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will attend the meeting, per the Post.
House Republican leaders unveiled their tax cut legislation last week, and some Republicans in blue states have already balked at a provision that would repeal a deduction for people who live in states with high local taxes, such as New York and California.
Hold together, folks!
They are wasting their time. No Dem will vote for this terrible bill.
I do believe that the republiscums, in their zeal to include every regressive, hurtful, misogynistic and just plain stupid idea into this bill, have essentially turned it and themselves into a kamikaze mission!
Think about it. When even a ever-larger group of Republican senators have stated they will vote no, it proves my point. Ryan and his minions were fools to think they could get not only what they wanted in pure tax reduction for the rich, but also could severely hurt the poor, middle class, families, divorcees, blue states and far more elements of society.
Looks to me more and more like this Blue State tax grab is a McGuffin-- in the current bill to be partly or fully negotiated away. Here’s a very good article about what’s actually in the tax bill, deduced by several experts. It benefits guess who?
I hope the “moderate” dems string them along. Encourage them to pull some provisions, add others that will be poison pills for some republicans. Then vote against this garbage anyway.
Manchin will ask for a sweetener in the form of tax credits for coal-fired, steam driven automobiles.