Dear Friends:
On Thursday,
Congress was shook for an unexpected reaction from two Republican Senators
about the tax bill.
Senator Marco Rubio (R.
FL) said he would vote against the tax bill if the final measure doesn’t expand
child tax credits for low-income households beyond what is currently
envisioned. Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) followed Sen. Rubio asking also for a more
generous child tax credit.
Before, Senator
Susan Collins (R., Maine) remarked that she will not vote for the bill if she
observes that Medicare is damaged with the new tax code. Sen. Jeff Flake (R.,
Ariz.) is acting with similar criterion.
Till now, Sen. Bob
Corker (R., Tenn.) didn’t compromise his vote for the final version of the tax
bill. He didn’t vote for the previous version earlier this month. During the
last few months, Senator Corker showed disappointment for a series of the
issues relating to the White House.
Meanwhile, Senators
John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Thad Cochran (R., Miss.) have health license this
week. Nobody knows the last opinion of Sen. McCain about this issue. During the
last months, the Arizona senator showed upset for some issues linked with the current
administration.
All the Democrat
members of Congress anticipated that the will vote against the tax bill.
With this “frame”,
maybe the bill will not arrive to the White House before Christmas.
Today, Friday
December 15 at noon time,
the Congress commission that is working in the writing of the new bill agreed
with the request of Senator Rubio. Immediately, Mr. Rubio informed that according
the new arrangements, he will vote for the bill.
We don’t know till
now the decisions of the other senators who didn’t confirm the vote of the tax
bill. Meanwhile, we are learning that in the Congress, there are members
who assume their duties according to the mandate of the
American Constitution.
All this gymnastics
around the tax bill is showing that at least a group of members of Congress
care for the families with children, the health of elders and the people of low
resources.
In gloomy moments of
the politics, it is good to see there are lawmakers who are not puppets of the
leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives or White House. This is like the democracy has to work.
Domingo A. Trassens
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SOME OF THE LAST BLOG COMMENTS
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Great! Senators
Rubio and Lee gained they wanted. The personal position of both lawmakers was
remarkable.
12/15/2017 12:10:00 PM
1 Recommendation
Maybe, “net
neutrality” was a “socialist model” in the style of the Obama administration,
but the non-net-neutrality voted now can become a wild-capitalist-model. In US,
we need something in the middle of the two “wild” models.
12/15/2017 10:14:46 AM
2 Recommendations
The Republican
senators who really think in the possible negative impact of the tax bill in
the life of normal people will not accept a “bill” cooked as a fast-food to
give the President as Christmas gift.
12/15/2017 09:57:52 AM
1 Recommendation
In a democracy,
every senator is a different mind and voice in the Congress.
It is great that in the GOP, no everybody
accepts to be a “puppet” of other interests.
12/15/2017 10:01:06 AM
2 Recommendations
The
"readiness" of the U.S. Navy never has to decline.
Maybe, if we don't
have enough ships, we have to reduce the number of operations, but never to
take actions that generate the series of the recent accidents.
(The problem is the
political power doesn't understand about the professional requirements.)
12/15/2017 09:27:35 AM
2 Recommendations
Where is the
American's pride? Since a time, we need of the Russians for our space missions.
12/14/2017 09:55:42 PM
The Federal
Communications Commission voted to dismantle Net-Neutrality. The big services
providers won this battle. But this is a “war” in a series of cycles.
12/14/2017 09:35:51 PM
2 Recommendations
The Christmas' gift
suffers to the President a new delay!
Sen. Marco Rubio
says that he will vote against the bill if the child tax credit is not
expanded.
Who will the next to
say: "No!"?
12/14/2017 09:25:14 PM
2 Recommendations
Discussion about
“yes” or “no” to net-neutrality in Internet is battle between 2 groups of power:
Internet-service providers and Internet-content companies. In the middle, the
consumer is manipulated by both.
12/14/2017 04:41:12 PM
2 Recommendations
During the ISIS war, Iran grew as partner of Russia, Turkey and Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. lost time and focus.
Now, it is
impossible mission to reverse our own mistake.
12/14/2017 12:24:18 PM
1 Recommendation
The Fed says: “Merry
Christmas, Happy New Year” with new rates, the third during the current year.
Is this a good gift?
12/14/2017 11:01:49 AM
1 Recommendation
Tina Smith: Good
luck in Washington! (The environment there is hotter than in Minnesota.)
12/13/2017 11:50:16 PM
1 Recommendation
It will be good if
always black and white students share their class lessons and other activities.
The direct contact
reduces barriers generate friendships..
12/13/2017 11:30:10 PM
1 Recommendation
Surely, Apple is
acquiring Shazam to include its song-recognition technology in its smart
speaker, the HomePod.
The “father” of Mac,
iPhone, iPad has a good eye to catch innovative tools from the market.
12/13/2017 03:19:05 PM
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