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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:45 PM Dec 2017

Here are the 12 Republicans who voted against tax plan


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Dan Donovan, New York

John Faso, New York

Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey

Darrell Issa, California

Walter B. Jones Jr., North Carolina

Peter T. King, New York

Leonard Lance, New Jersey

Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey

Dana Rohrabacher, California

Chris Smith, New Jersey

Elise Stefanik, New York

Lee Zeldin, New York

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full article
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/here-are-the-12-republicans-who-voted-against-tax-plan/
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exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
5. I think the changes will bleed down into some of the
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:53 PM
Dec 2017

red states like Iowa as well. The change in reaching the deductible thresh hold is going to have an impact here even if all deductions are still in place.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
10. +1, I don't think people realize how bad this is for red states like Missouri or Arkansas that have
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 08:43 AM
Dec 2017

... SALT in place

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
6. Peter King's down the road from me, and I think he really believes the bill sucks. Besides...
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 06:59 PM
Dec 2017

his district includes some of the highest taxed districts in the country.

Zeldin's mine and he's slick. Been sending out press releases and been on local nooz about how unfair all this is, and he's got the Hamptons on his list if he fucks it up. Huge taxes and huge donors there. Other than that, he's been a Trumpster all along.

dem4decades

(11,296 posts)
7. Fuck them all, they're all enablers.
Tue Dec 19, 2017, 07:01 PM
Dec 2017

Given political cover by leadership, they must go too. And Peter King is always carrying Trump's water, he's Number one on the list to be voted out.

KelleyKramer

(8,969 posts)
9. NY and NJ have high state taxes & would lose deduction
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 05:52 AM
Dec 2017

I'm guessing that would explain most of the reason they voted No

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
11. Faso knew his vote wasn't needed. He was officially allowed to "stray" on this one
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:08 AM
Dec 2017

I'm sure that's true of at least most of them. At the very least any Republican who wanted to separate him or herself from this nightmare would have had to be a loud, early, public and sharp voice against it from the start, not a quiet "I've decided to vote against this bill" whisperer when it didn't matter. Maybe there's a minor profile in courage among that bunch, maybe not, but I do know Faso sure as hell wasn't one.

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