No taxation without representation!
Maybe Alabama should start a revolution. Secede from the union.
That would be good for a number of reasons, actually.
Maybe they should also provide chewing gum, in case Ms. Haley is out. Or a clique of blondes practicing their sneers, whichever she prefers.
But dosen’t the ten-day “pocket veto” provision mean it becomes law on December 30, anyway?
The time period doesn’t start until it arrives on the President’s desk, not from the vote in Congress. Apparently Congress has some discretion in how long it takes for them to get the final version to the President.
From here. So, it looks like they’ll try to get it signed this year.
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After reading down that list, it felt kinda like witnessing a car accident happening in slow motion: the dread, and the sheer helplessness, (and, if Trump’s in the mix - raging fury) at seeing any or all of this eventually coming to a disagreeable conclusion. I’m sure a call or two from Bannon, or maybe Pruitt, de Vos, or Perry (really?) occasionally saying something in President Chewbacca’s ear helped make up that wish list.
A little gobsmacked I’m finding out about it only now, since this was from last May.
The companies can often sell stock after an IPO but shareholders hate it. In fact much more companies these days are buying back stock, and look to see that increase after this tax bill rather than decrease.
On the other hand, when there’s an expansion opportunity companies do put out corporate bonds so one could argue that you can use the extra cash to support the corporate bond market to give companies expansion opportunities. Except that the government will have to borrow more money and will have to compete with the corporations for those bond dollars so I don’t know how that will shake out. And that’s assuming of course that there are missed business opportunities that corporations would pursue if they only had enough cash, which is false since they have a lot of cash and they’re buying back their stock willy nilly rather than invest.
Tax bill includes breaks for things Trump has railed against — like NFL stadiums
Go Twins! And take the Vikings with you!
Next time you hear someone pissing and moaning about “football players not respecting the National Anthem”, be sure they know that Donald Trump went out of his way to protect their tax exemption.
Tax breaks for the billionaire owners to operate their businesses in publicly-financed stadiums? That’s Trump’s wet dream. It’s the players who dare to express an opinion on these fields that he can’t stand.
The PAYGO sequester cuts mentioned upthread are not expected to go into effect. Tomorrow, the 22nd, is the last day of the current short-term continuing resolution which funded the government after the previous CR expired December 7. Most people expect a PAYGO sequester waiver to be included with any version of a CR that passes tomorrow. The PAYGO sequester would cut $25 Billion from Medicare each year and would slash or zero out several programs that are important to the GOP, including DHS programs. They want a waiver. Democrats want a waiver. There will be a waiver unless someone is really, really stupid.
Ah. One of those.
There are a number of qualifying events that are not that hard to arrange if it is necessary.
Getting married or moving to a new county or zip code sound like the easiest.
The proposed House bill includes a PAYGO sequester waiver.
The House may not pass it, and the Senate is never likely to pass House bills directly, but they are trying to waive it, as expected.
Doug Jones has not yet been certified the winner. He cannot join the Senate until he is. The Senate (as per usual) is planning to go on recess starting tomorrow and will not be back in session until 2018. Jones will join the Senate in January.
So he was screwed out of his vote. I thought so.
Well, it’s not like refusing to consider a president‘s Supreme Court nomination, but same idea. I’m not outraged by a few week delay, but I would categorize it as a minor offense.
The Senate is not the body that has to certify. It’s the state of Alabama.
[conspiracy theorist] Who in the Senate is paying Moore to not concede in order to delay verifying the election?[/ct]
looks around shiftily
Duh, and why didn’t they?