GOP senator doesn’t want to pass a tax bill because it could make Biden ‘look good’
GOP senator doesn’t want to pass a tax bill because it could make Biden ‘look good’
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the comments ahead of a House vote on a $78 billion package that would expand the child tax credit and provide some tax breaks for businesses.
I hope someone on the Biden team is collecting all these clips of Republicans saying the quiet part out loud, that they would rather sabotage Biden than help Americans, so they can be placed in campaign ads later this year.
Needs to be front and center in every campaign ad in every red state.
Why don't we have a border solution?
Donald Trump - "It's not going to happen, and I'll fight it all the way."
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson - "Dead on arrival."
Why don't we have a tax bill?
89 year old Republican Senator Chuck Grassley - "Passing a tax bill that makes the president look good — mailing out checks before the election — means he could be re-elected, and then we won’t extend the 2017 tax cuts."
"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
This has been their entire platform for awhile now.
it's so cool that this is how our government works. and he's just allowed to fucking say that
Wow, you know these politicians are fucked when they refuse to make life better for people simply because it would boost the reputation of someone they are against. Talk about skewed priorities.
Politicians aren't good at understanding that they should be there to do the right thing regardless of consequences anymore.
Even in my home country they haven't done a true "screw the consequences, I'm doing what's right" since they introduced gun control in 1996.
What a fucked up world we live in.
Have you not seen the lady who is mad because the president is not hurting the right people?
Wow, I don't think presidents are supposed to hurt anybody. Ffs. Need to some how change American political culture to be a little less fucked. Greed, party bashing, and warmongering need to be far less prevalent.
Imagine hating your opponents so much that you refuse to pass a bill that would benefit so many Americans out of fear that it might give your opponents an advantage and a PR boost.
Because they already take credit for stuff their opponents did that was well received and they figure the same will be done to them
It must be nice to be a GOP senator paid to do nothing all day and just reject anything helpful. Their base is fine with these type of actions.
We used to say “they said the quiet part out loud” but for about six years I don’t think they care.
I hate that phrase, it just shows how ignorant people have been of the right. They have been saying all those things loud and proud forever, even if you weren't paying attention to them.
Same. It also kinda reminds me of those reductive reddit comments. After 10 years of being on there, I felt like I could easily predict the top 5 comments on the vast majority of posts. It's like a call & response, but without any of the fun parts.
Grow up. Grow the fuck up.
But that would spoil the game they're busy playing with ~300,000,000 peoples' lives.
I'm 56. When I was in Kindergarten my parents say I shook hands with Chuck Grassley as he marched in a parade for one of his early campaigns in Cedar Falls/Waterloo Iowa. Retire already.
Sorry to hear about your hand. :-/
Did he fold his arms and stomp his feet
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Fuck.This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, cast doubt Wednesday on passing a bipartisan tax bill, saying it could make President Joe Biden "look good" and improve Democrats' chances of holding the White House in the 2024 election.
Grassley said re-electing Biden could hurt Republican hopes of extending Trump-era tax cuts.
A 2021 child tax credit included monthly checks for qualifying parents, but they are not in the newly negotiated bill.
The Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee said in a statement last week that under the legislation, the Biden administration would be “explicitly prohibited” from “manipulating the bill’s tax relief in an attempt to send politically timed refund checks.”
The spokesperson added that Grassley "looks forward to providing input" when a Finance Committee markup is scheduled.
Grassley made the comments ahead of an expected House vote to pass the bill.
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This WON'T work because Republican Voters do their Own Research! Right?
GOP just showing that once again they're in it for their constituents and not for power for themselves.
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