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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThese Senators are allegedly 'on the fence' about the Tax Scam. CALL NOW if one is yours.
They'll be voting tonight or tomorrow. NO TIME to waste!
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FreeStateDemocrat
(2,654 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Add ND Heidi Heitkamp to that list. She's on the fence in her deep Red State.
A no vote means her job is on the line.
A yes means she may as well be a repub
she votes NO i might vote for her BUT yes i'm done with her
sprinkleeninow
(20,249 posts)Senators Manchin and Heitkamp as I understood them to maybe considering a yes vote on the egregious tax scam bill.
We shall see.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)CrispyQ
(36,469 posts)They control most of govt & still can't get anything done. Also, not enough people are calling about this, like they did against cutting the ACA.
Poiuyt
(18,123 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)the bill still has to go through reconciliation (because it is so different from the House version) and then be approved by votes in both chambers. I don't expect that the House will reject the reconciliation bill, but there will be time to work on those wavering in the Senate.
unblock
(52,235 posts)the house might not be thrilled with the senate version, but they would find passing it as is would be vastly preferred over letting the whole thing collapse.
we have to convince senators before the pass any tax bill at all.
bluestarone
(16,941 posts)what concerns me
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)so they will make it past the last hurdle if it passes the senate.
This bill is obscene. No discussion, no one is talking about the stuff in it, like independent truck drivers will need to incorporate to deduct fuel costs, teachers lose their tax credit for out of pocket supplies expenditures, etc.
madamesilverspurs
(15,804 posts)I don't have unlimited minutes. And if they get their way, many of us won't be able to afford much of anything.
So, yes, PLEASE keep calling if you can!
And thank you for doing so.
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)It's free.
And why doesn't the Senate have an 800 number, come to think of it?
Probably because they don't want people calling.
Same as the always full mailboxes of my congressperson.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)depending on whom I am calling. But the recepient must have the app as well.
Horizens
(637 posts)I've called or emailed everyone on the list at least two times and plan for more. Look, the bill is probably going to pass but it ain't over till the fat lady sings. If nothing else, we'll let them know that they're not fooling us with their BS.
A sample of what I write ..
SENATE TAX CUT WILL INCREASE FEDERAL DEFICIT BY $1 TRILLION OVER A DECADE
The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation said Wednesday afternoon that the Senate tax bill would add $1 trillion to federal budget deficits over the next decade, EVEN AFTER accounting for additional economic growth, a major blow to Republicans contention that the $1.5 trillion tax cuts in the bill will pay for themselves through growth.
The committee, which serves as the scorekeeper for growth and revenue estimates in tax bills, estimated that the Senate bill would boost economic growth by 0.8 percent over a decade. Republicans have said they expect substantially stronger growth than that to result from the tax cuts.
All those years Republicans ranted about the deficit. Were you sincere or not? We'll find out.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Ron Johnson is (unfortunately) my senator.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Line was not busy. Pleasant young woman answered.
Emphsized concerns about Medicare, grad students.
He's a So Bapt minister. I emphsized our common concerns as Christians for those in need and how bill will harm many, many in OK.
LeftInTX
(25,337 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 30, 2017, 08:12 PM - Edit history (1)
Won't make a dent, but they know I drove downtown and paid $$ to park..and that I take the issue very seriously.
Orangeutan
(204 posts)Keep the message short and sweet, and focus on just one objectionable provision of the bill, whether it be grad students or Medicare or the deficit. Make that point strongly, and let someone else hit a different point.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Also, don't yell at the poor schlub who picks up the phone. Make your point quickly and politely, then clear the line for the next caller.
orangecrush
(19,556 posts)spanone
(135,837 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)with all of them. Murkowski was also on my list. Is it too late to call tonight?
33taw
(2,443 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)they need to elect them and keep them in office.
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)are against the recon tax bill.
oasis
(49,387 posts)RandySF
(58,835 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)He's pretty much standard RWNJ, so I left a message saying the tax bill would explode the deficit. That's all. I tried to sound like someone who might conceivably have once voted for him.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)If Conyers is in the hospital, he can't vote. Should have delayed calling for his resignation a few days.
cilla4progress
(24,733 posts)I don't worry about whether I am in state or not; lucky - I have 2 Dem women senators - Murray and Cantwell!
Do we know how or if these calls are tallied?
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Not that it will help. Nice young lady listened to my old lady speech quoting Rubio cutting Social Security and Medicare, that during my lifetime, corporate pensions are gone, our retirement savings keeps getting stolen on Wall St and now congress wants to give my earned SSI benefits to billionaires.