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Quiet Em

(3,023 posts) Tue Jul 1, 2025, 09:50 AM Jul 2025

Bloomberg is reporting that there are 8 Republican holdouts on the Big Billionaire Bill

There are currently eight major Republican holdouts, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune can afford to lose only three senators and still pass the measure. Two — Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — have said they are solidly against it, leaving very little room for error as the South Dakota Republican tries to get to 50 votes on the package.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-pulls-all-nighter-on-trump-tax-bill-with-gop-divided/ar-AA1HIC7S?ocid=BingNewsVerp

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Bloomberg is reporting that there are 8 Republican holdouts on the Big Billionaire Bill (Original Post) Quiet Em Jul 2025 OP

Yeah sure. Wait until they get the threat of deportation. chicoescuela Jul 2025 #1

Wait! imanamerican63 Jul 2025 #2

Until Tillis what R has NOT changed its mind when it came time to vote?? Technically we still don't really in2herbs Jul 2025 #3

Drama for the little people Prairie Gates Jul 2025 #4

That's pretty good; they only have to add 8 bribes. sinkingfeeling Jul 2025 #5

chicoescuela

(3,205 posts)

1. Yeah sure. Wait until they get the threat of deportation.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:03 AM

Jul 2025

That will change their vote

imanamerican63

(16,414 posts)

2. Wait!

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:06 AM

Jul 2025

They’ll get something promised to them, then they realize that they aren’t going to get anything that was promised to them!

in2herbs

(4,538 posts)

3. Until Tillis what R has NOT changed its mind when it came time to vote?? Technically we still don't really

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:44 AM

Jul 2025

know about Tillis.

Prairie Gates

(8,479 posts)

4. Drama for the little people

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 10:47 AM

Jul 2025

These absolute shit heels will pass the bill with 50-50 and Vance.

sinkingfeeling

(58,043 posts)

5. That's pretty good; they only have to add 8 bribes.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 11:20 AM

Jul 2025

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