$1.5 Trillion GOP Tax Cut Thread

[Sestak]

Stabenow motion at 39-49. With 2 Senators out, that means it fails. No surprise.

[Sestak]

Stabenow motion fails 45-54.

[Sestak]

I thought I saw 99 on the cspan count for stabenow MTI. Was the count wrong?

[Sestak]

Murkowski being on the conference essentially illustrates that leadership is absolutely sure of her vote. Shame.

[Sestak]

Lankford on the floor claiming the defuction for classroom supplies was doubled, not removed. Is that true?

Also, he made the note that the Senate version doesn't gut tuition deductions the way the House one does - potential indicator he doesn't want that the final bill.

[Sestak]

Without a doubt, the most despicable section of the Senate bill is the section to destroy the arctic.

You mean the Murkowski bribe?

[Sestak]

And we now know the Senate Dems/Indies: https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/house-vote-government-funding-bill-avert-federal-shutdown/story%3fid=51646361

Full list of members:

Republicans: Brady (TX), Nunes, Roskam, Black, Noem, Upton, Shimkus, Bishop (UT), Young (AK), Hatch, Thune, Cornyn, Portman, Scott, Toomey, Enzi, Murkowski

Democrats: Neal, Levin, Doggett, Castor (FL), Grijalva, Wyden, Cantwell, Stabenow, Menendez, Carper, Murray

Independent Socialist: Sanders

Dem-caucusing Senate conferees: Washington, Washington, Oregon, Vermont, NJ, Delaware, ... and token Michigan.

Anyone else think this is bad optics?