{"id":257967,"date":"2017-12-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=257967"},"modified":"2017-12-15T16:58:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T21:58:04","slug":"tax-bill-isnt-a-slam-dunk-to-pass-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/12\/14\/tax-bill-isnt-a-slam-dunk-to-pass-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Bill Isn\u2019t a Slam Dunk to Pass Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Now the tax bill. There\u2019s a lot going on in this tax bill. (interruption) Well, you be the judge. Snerdley asked me, “Is it good?” CNN had a poll I saw right as the program was starting that only 26% of the American people support it. I don\u2019t know what poll it was. I didn\u2019t notice. I\u2019ve seen other polling data which shows that it\u2019s not got big numbers of support. Now, stop and think of that: Tax cuts does not seem to have majority support. And neither did Obamacare. Don\u2019t misunderstand. I\u2019m not saying the polls are gonna stop them from doing it.<\/p>\n

\"\"I\u2019m actually talking more about, “How in the world can you be promoting the biggest tax cut in American history and only 26% of the American people favor it?” Seventy-four percent oppose it. Look at it that way. That\u2019s number one. Well, I\u2019ll tell you why. It\u2019s what the Drive-Bys have done to it. They said, “The only people getting a tax cut are Big Business and the rich,” and then the loss of deductibility for state and local income taxes.<\/p>\n

A lot of people love deductions. When they denied deductions for credit card interest back in 1984, \u201988, whatever, people blew up over that even though it didn\u2019t matter a hill of beans. But then there are two senators that may not even make the vote, McCain and Thad Cochran, and if McCain is able… He\u2019s in Walter Reed. He\u2019s got some bad reaction to the cancer medication. If he is able to show up, how\u2019s he gonna vote? It\u2019s not a slam dunk in the Senate by any stretch. I think the vote\u2019s not \u2019til next week.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: By the way, I just got a note. Marco Rubio says he is a “no” on the tax bill unless a tax credit for the working poor is expanded. This is from TheHill.com<\/a>. So while everybody\u2019s wondering whether or not McCain will be able to show up and whether Thad Cochran will be able to show up, Marco Rubio pops up and says he\u2019s a “no” on this unless they expand the tax credit for the working poor.<\/p>\n

Okay, all right. Well, we\u2019ll deal that as it happens and as it unfolds. Remember, this is Drive-By Media sources, could be all wet.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Greg in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, nice to talk to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I heard a little bit a couple of weeks ago you were talking about your favorite mother\u2019s name, Lucretia. My great-grandmother who homesteaded in Denmark was named Lucretia. But, anyway, what I want to touch on is these congressmen\/congresswomen who get elected and who stay in that position come hell or high water when their health goes south on \u2019em, need to do something for the country. Step away and let\u2019s get someone appointed who will be there to vote when we need \u2019em.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, I see what you\u2019re saying. You\u2019re talking about McCain. You\u2019re talking about Thad Cochran. Yeah, this is narrow at the margins. If McCain can\u2019t vote… Look, right now we got Corker and Rubio voting “no” on the tax bill. That means if there\u2019s one more “no,” this thing doesn\u2019t have a prayer. Corker\u2019s gonna vote “no” just \u2019cause Trump\u2019s Trump. Rubio\u2019s holding out for an expanded child tax credit. McCain is at Walter Reed being treated for the reaction to cancer medication, and Thad Cochran…well… is Thad Cochran. Now, it is thought that both of those people are for the tax bill, but McCain, you never know. So it\u2019s a toss-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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