Desperate Trump comes begging to Democrats to help him notch a win on tax reform

[Miles Archer]

Desperate Trump comes begging to Democrats to help him notch a win on tax reform



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/desperate-trump-comes-begging-to-democrats-to-help-him-notch-a-win-on-tax-reform/

A report in Politico reveals that a few dozen House Democrats are quietly being recruited to address tax reform. The president is so desperate to have a “win” that the White House wants to avoid what happened with Obamacare at all costs.

White House officials have reached out to 15 to 20 centrist House Democrats since the early summer to find a middle path on tax reform. The members of the Blue Dog Coalition met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, chief economic adviser Gary Cohn and top White House staff, all while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was promising the bill would be a partisan one.

“We’d prefer bipartisan support for the tax plan,” said White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short. “We still think we can earn the support of [Democrats] on the tax package.” Short acknowledged, however, that Republicans “will choose the path that they want.”

Short and his staff are speaking mostly to Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

[underpants]

1. Uh it's the Senate you have to worry about dumbass

Especially since McCain totally screwed them over using up their one reconciliation.

[tanyev]

2. It would be funny if there were some relatively harmless issue* that Democrats could give Trump

over GOP resistance. Would Fox & Friends twist themselves into pretzels praising it? Or would they just implode?



*Of course, Trump's version of tax reform is not that issue.

[Miles Archer]

3. Fox & Friends will get their undies in a knot over anything less than a full-throated "HUZZAH!"

I'm not kidding...if Democrats find any piece of legislation that they are willing to sign off on, Fox & Friends will focus on the "obstructionists" who were not part of a unanimous vote.

Over and over and over again I have heard the word "fealty" used to describe what Trump is seeking, rather than the "loyalty" he frequently voices. And it's the stone-cold truth. He sees himself as king, and he's alone in that assessment. The Republican-led House and Senate is going to do what they think is best for the Republican-led House and Senate. They don't care about what the Democrats think unless it's total agreement, and they certainly don't care about Trump. They'll let him attach his name to a piece of legislation if it's something they already want. They'll let him crow on Twitter and take a victory lap and bask in the adulation at his latest "rally."

It's been extremely amusing to read all of the news stories about Trump hitting six months without passing any major legislation. Think of how amusing it will be when he hits the one year mark. His sole "accomplishment" was Gorsuch. That's IT.

[Volaris]

4. Lol yeah..and Gorsuch has as much to do with Turtle as with Trump,

So not really a win there, either.

[Johonny]

5. Are there really Dems dying to kill the mortgage deduction and state and local tax deduction?

as well as using the money raised to cut taxes on billionaires?