Andy Slavitt
@ASlavitt
DEVELOPING: Collins tax reform vote looking shakier by the hour. Getting more.Follow if interested.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-republicans-call-for-democrats-to-make-concessions-to-get-a-vote-on-obamacare-bills/article/2642543
Earlier today:
Topher Spiro
@TopherSpiro
There's a reason why Trump and the RNC just settled on a full-throated endorsement of Roy Moore. If Doug Jones wins, and Susan Collins flips, the bill is dead.
Even earlier:
Justin Wolfers
@JustinWolfers
Susan Collins says she believes the Trump tax cuts will lower the debt, because Hubbard, Lindsey and Holtz-Eakin told her.
Hubbard and Holtz-Eakin have denied ever saying such a thing.
Someone's made a trillion dollar error, and no-one knows who.
nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/the-republican-war-on-economics.html
On Meet the Press Sunday, Chuck Todd asked Susan Collins how she could support a huge tax cut after having complained about excessive debt. “Economic growth produces more revenue and that will help to offset this tax cut and actually lower the debt,” she calmly replied. An incredulous Todd asked Collins how she could defend such a claim when every study has concluded the opposite. She cited Glenn Hubbard, Larry Lindsey, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
Jennifer Rubin got ahold of two of the three, Hubbard and Holtz-Eakin. Both economists denied having ever claimed the Republican tax cuts would produce enough growth to recoup the lost revenue.
Earlier still:
Sam Stein
@samstein
And like that, House conservative say they have no plans to accept the compromises that Collins and Flake secured in exchange for their tax bill votes.
www.thedailybeast.com/house-republicans-already-shooting-down-tax-bills-promises/