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Senate back in session. Cornyn says that they have the votes to pass. -- nm

Posted by spamlet Dec 1 '17, 07:48

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(duplicate post. weird network glitch.) -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 1, 07:58
A tax bill that redefined conception/abortion while also making healthcare cuts. Am I reading that right? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 1, 07:58 10
- and open up drilling in Alaska -- nm - decline Dec 1, 07:59
- I hadn't heard that. -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 07:59 8
  - Really? That is sort of "old" news. Something like you can start your college funds for your kids as soon as you are pregnant. - Spawn Dec 1, 08:01 7
    - That seems a bit paranoid to me but okay. -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 08:09 5
      - Hard to imagine any other rationale for it. You can already do what it purports to allow. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 08:13 4
        
        You can't set up a 529 plan until the child is born now because they need a SSN to open it. -- (link*) - spamlet Dec 1, 08:18 3
        
        Exactly. Until it is a human. Which the GOP has decided to legislate is at conception. -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 08:25
        
        You can set it up with another beneficiary and then change it, no? -- nm* - znufrii Dec 1, 08:20 1
        
        That's a bit of a workaround, don't you think? -- nm - spamlet Dec 1, 08:22
    - Yup. -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 08:02
Still 7 hours of debate left with a vote this afternoon. - spamlet Dec 1, 07:58 5
- they're voting on a bill that they are rewriting during the vote and without any discussion - or anyone actually reading what's in the bill... -- nm - decline Dec 1, 08:00 4
  - And the agencies the GOP "trusts" to score the bill, one they are ignoring and one they are sitting on (because it was BAD). -- nm - Spawn Dec 1, 08:08
  - You have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it! - znufrii Dec 1, 08:07
  - Fuck all of them. -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 08:05 1
    - This is truly one of the most hypocritical, farcical and all around obnoxious processes and bills that I've seen. They have thrown away every - pmb Dec 1, 08:11

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