Looks like McConnell has his 50 votes per MSNBC.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

[uponit7771]

1. That's per McConnell who "had the votes" last time with DonTCare. We'll see

[ghostsinthemachine]

2. Fuck. Fuckedy fuck fuck.

I hope not.

[davekriss]

3. So the Reverse Robin Hood for the Rich Tax Act will pass, huh?

What was that Tea Party about before the revolution?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. It's not over yet - has to be submitted for reconciliation

with the House bill. Don't stop calling/faxing.

[BoneyardDem]

4. sad

[anneboleyn]

5. Doesnt it go back to the House after this?

[dalton99a]

10. Yes

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Yes. It's not over yet.

[MikeydaDog]

16. I feel a little better. I am still hoping for a surprised fail. nt

[forgotmylogin]

24. I would love to see the internal turtle explosion

McConnell would have to pretend to not be having in the press conference afterward.

[MikeydaDog]

32. In the past, Republicans have had a lot of drama in McConnell failures.

Almost as if there was an internal party battle. Ryan has been allowed to be presented as a winner, untouched. Like they are grooming him.

[rtracey]

7. yup

its a done deal... no phone calls or texts, tweet are going to turn this around. The salvo has begun. Sorry to all who will be affected by this. Sorry to all that will die from this, sorry to all who will lose their homes, family, jobs from this. I hope you all voted? yes? did you vote....DID ALL OF YOU THAT IS ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR JOBS, HEALTHCARE, MAYBE YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER, YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE? DID YOU VOTE?.....DID YOU?

[Clarity2]

31. No

Its not a done deal until they vote. Feinstein said they are not voting till today or tmrw. Tweet and call and whatever away everyone.

[dalton99a]

8. Billionaires must have their Christmas presents

and fuck everyone else

[UTUSN]

9. Disgusting.Just with yesterday's news of TWITLER having pressured Senators to drop the investigation

Senators knowing about their own being obstructed with, why would they be so eager to pass whatever just to give something to TWITLER to "brag" about?!1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. That's not the point - their purpose is to satisfy their donors,

not to satisfy Trump. The wealthy donors threatened to close their wallets if they didn't get tax cuts.

[a kennedy]

21. This is whats so disheartening.......

their FAWKING wealthy donors. How much money is enough?? Really?? How much??

[moda253]

13. And they will impeach Trump now.

[FSogol]

14. Hypocrites. This shows they don't really care about the deficit at all.

All of their conservative economic theory is just an excuse to steal from Federal coffers to enrich the already rich.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Blowing up the deficit gives them an excuse to cut social programs.

[TDale313]

29. Bingo.

They do this and then start screaming we need more program cuts. They’ll never want to reverse the tax cuts. Even a lot of Dems will be afraid to do that once they pass. This whole thing is obscene.

[Roland99]

17. Or is he bluffing to persuade those on the fence?

[CrispyQ]

18. The gloating & chortling if this goes through. The Con will be intolerable.

The rest of the GOP too & the media will gush all over them, & their monumental tax reform & the market will go up & the Con will gloat even more. I'm going to the library to check out a stack of books & stay off the news.

[forgotmylogin]

25. He will think he won the Presidency.

"Do-nothing OBAMA couldn't pass tax reform! Sad!"

[Proud Liberal Dem]

19. ...........

[spanone]

20. "the party of fiscal responsibility" ....what a load of horseshit

[EleanorR]

30. we've known for a long time that is horseshit

Over and over again, they've wasted millions of dollars, on whitewater, benghazi, the list goes on and on. They care about power and that is all.

[CrispyQ]

22. 21st Century Feudalism - that's the goal.

Only in our case, the future peasants voted for this shit.

[demmiblue]

23. I'm sick to my stomach.

We are regressing as a nation.

[beachbum bob]

26. We heard this all before...but hey add tax give away to the rich

To 2018 election...

[cbdo2007]

27. It's all for show...

Here is my guess...the Senate will pass the bill knowing it will not be passes in the house, but this at least shows that they are dedicated to the conservative ideology still, before they start turning on Trump with the new Flynn revelations and a campaign year next year.

[Guilded Lilly]

28. And now they can throw the Cretin under the bus...

But what a horrid price we will pay. Simply horrid