Mitch McConnell-Led Senate Works To Stall Middle-Class Tax Cuts To Spite Trump
Posted on November 10, 2017 by DCWhispers
When the House passed a preliminary tax reform bill earlier this month the Republican Senate leadership moved quickly to slow the process. The effort has been led (again) by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The primary motivation for the delay isn’t coming from a desire for more time to further review the steps toward eventual tax reform passage but rather to muddy the waters and ultimately ensure it is as weak and ineffectual bill that will provide as little political momentum for President Trump.
That is how deep the dislike for Mr. Trump goes among some of DC’s most powerful political elite.
“He (McConnell) has no intention of seeing a potentially successful tax bill sent to the President’s desk. If something does come out of all this it will be very weak tea – nothing more.”
That is the word from a source who remains close to the ongoing tax bill deliberations.
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