Dems' plan to tank Trump's tax bill
Democrats hope to replicate their successful Obamacare strategy — but it won’t be easy.
By ELANA SCHOR and HEATHER CAYGLE 11/04/2017 07:12 AM EDT
Democrats helped crush the GOP’s Obamacare repeal push by maintaining total unity and generating broad public outrage. It’s a powerful formula that fractured Republicans — but one that will be harder to replicate against the GOP tax bill.
Already a handful of vulnerable Democrats in the House and Senate say they remain open to whatever tax legislation is ultimately produced. And while progressive groups and lawmakers are deploying plans to rev up the base, it’s not clear taxes will energize people outside the Beltway as the more visceral topic of health care does.
The stakes couldn’t be higher for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Not only do most Democrats loathe the Republican tax plan, but leadership believes torpedoing it would significantly boost the party’s chances of taking back the House and holding steady in the Senate in 2018.
Pelosi is particularly driven to deny Republicans any votes from her side of the aisle if the GOP margin for victory on taxes will depend on some of her moderates.
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HOPE (boy, there's a word from the past!) not!
It is important that ALL Democrats unite to fight this terrible "give-away to the 1%" AND let the nation know why it is wrong and bad for the 99%!
The only "trickle-down" we should ever see from this administration is what should be available on the "Russian" tapes (and I, for one, don't want to "see" it - just let everybody know that it did take place)!
RESIST!!!!!!!! 
