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11/29 ☎️ #CallToAction:

On Tuesday, Republicans cleared a hurdle w/their #GOPTaxScam bill by getting it onto the full Senate floor.

We now need 3 Republicans (just like w/#ACA) to kill it & they may vote as soon as TOMORROW. 🚨🚨🚨

Every 📞 & 📧 counts.

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What to say & how to say it: ⬇️

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The Senate Budget Committee voted on Tuesday to send the @GOP tax bill to the full floor and a vote could occur as early as Thursday.
washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
The Senate's tax plan would permanently reduce the corporate tax rate but allow cuts for households and individuals to expire.
While big corporations would be big winners under the tax bill, many small businesses would see no benefit or higher taxes. usatoday.com/story/money/co…
To help fund tax cuts, Republicans have added a provision to their tax bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, causing premiums for all to rise and 13 million fewer people to have health insurance within a decade.
The @USCBO projects the current bill would add $1.7 trillion to the deficit. cnbc.com/2017/11/08/hou…
The @USCBO projects that a re-write of the bill that would comply with deficit rules would ultimately be financed by gutting crucial programs, including Medicare. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-…
To satisfy fiscal hawks, the bill may contain a trigger to raise rates automatically (although not clear if on corporations or individuals) if tax revenues fall short of projections, which would likely kick in during slow growth, destabilizing the economy.
As changes continue to be made and a vote is expected this week, there have been no hearings, no legislative text and no final @USCBO score.
The Senate vote on the tax bill will be very close, and with all Democrats likely to vote no, Republicans cannot afford to lose more than 2 votes. politico.com/interactives/2…
In sum, @GOP tax reform will add more than one trillion dollars to the deficit, give the majority of benefits to corporations and the rich, gut the #ACA and programs like #Medicare, and will leave thirteen million people without healthcare.
Thank you for taking time to make a difference today.

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On the 6 month anniv of the #GOPTaxScam, I’m w @NancyPelosi, @JanSchakowsky, @CongressmanRuiz, @RepMcEachin & Americans impacted to discuss how it is leaving small biz behind, raising health care costs, & making retirement less secure. Tune in: facebook.com/WhipHoyer/vide…
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Listen up dummies!
1/ Here’s the scoop on what they hell is going on with #GOPTaxScam.
A couple days ago, the conference committee (Senate and House conferees) for #TaxCutsandJobsAct (barf) or #HR1 voted to move the bill to the House for a vote.
2/ This morning the House voted (227-203) to pass and it moved to the Senate.
(Ok, we knew that would happen, the House if fucking crazy and no one really understands them.)
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And yes, I'm serious. The #GOPTaxScam bill is that reckless, dangerous, and destabilizing. A vote for it cannot be justified on *any* grounds.
2/ When you vote for a bill only 26% of Americans support, which gives a tax cut to the rich they didn't even ask for just so (a) Don Jr. can take another Africa trip to kill elephants, and (b) a few more single moms can be kicked off public assistance, you need to lose your job.
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THREAD: Everything I can pull from the just-released 479-page #GOPTaxScam Amendment that that Senators will vote on shortly.

p 474-78: Buys off @lisamurkowski—Allows drilling in Alaska, screwing Alaska Natives and endangered wildlife.

Full amdmt: pdf-archive.com/2017/12/02/sup…
Pages 70-74: Shout out to evangelicals! This is a tax cut for educating your kids in a Christian madrasa!

(Just kidding, it’s scratched out so, it may or may not count. Ask your friendly @GOP corporate lobbyist whether it counts. 💁🏾

Pages 2-4: What appear to be our new tax brackets!

Single and making just $9526 dollars annually?!

You get taxed too! Fun times.
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Yesterday, I spoke on the phone with a top elected official in Congress.

We talked strategy for stopping the #GOPTaxScam bill. This bill is moving fast. Here is what the person said. 1/x

#NotOnePenny #TrumpTaxScam
(I repped for @MoveOn. Was joined on the call with leaders from allied orgs. Here's what the elected official shared (with their permission)): 2/x
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