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Horizens

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Thu Nov 30, 2017, 11:35 PM Nov 2017

Is This any Way to Pass Legislation? [View all]

Senator Bob Casey @SenBobCasey- 2 hours ago - retweeted Ali Rogin:

That's right; the @SenateGOP is writing a new bill as we speak and will then introduce it as a 'substitute amendment,' essentially replacing the current bill without any hearings or analysis. This is no way to govern.
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Ali Rogan @AliABCNews:

The Senate is literally still writing this bill as they prepare for a vote on it. Now discussing “stair-stepping” corporate tax rates, gradually raising them over a number of years. Not sure this counts as “regular order.”

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