Republican Tax Scam Snafu in Senate Sends it Back to The House

Style Magazine Newswire | 12/20/2017, 6:40 a.m.
Jackson Lee: “In their rush to jam through Congress their ill-conceived tax scam that enriches the top 1 percent and …
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary and Homeland Security, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, and Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement about the failure of Republicans to follow senate rules while jamming through Congress the reckless GOP Tax Scam:

“In a stroke of karma, Republican’s obstinate rush to jam through their partisan and unpopular tax scam has stumbled on its way to the President’s desk. A snafu in the Senate now returns the to the House, giving Republicans another chance to live up to fiscal responsibility dogma and pull back from the brink of adopting this disastrous legislation.

“America will not be made great by financing a $1.7 trillion tax cut for the rich by stealing $1.8 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid, abandoning seniors and families in need, depriving students of realizing a dream to attend college without drowning in debt, or disinvesting in working families. Republicans ought to seize this opportunity to advance the interests of the vast majority of Americans, and reject a tax scam that promises to bring misery to too many of our citizens.”

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