Dem
47
GOP
53
All hat and no cattle. All bark and no bite. All sizzle and no steak. All foam and no beer. All fart and no turd. Or we could get Shakespearean and say: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."" Republican senators Ron Johnson (WI), Mike Lee (UT), and Rick Scott (FL) have been condemning the megabill now wending its way through the Senate for weeks, wringing their hands and rending their garments, claiming the deficit will ruin the country for generations. But as the vote nears and push is above to become shove, they are all doing the TACO thing.
None of them have fully caved in public yet, but their colleagues expect all three of them to vote for the megabill when it comes up for a vote. Johnson has even toned down his criticism. He said: "We all want to see President Trump succeed." In other words, he is a coward and stands for nothing. Senate leaders threw Lee a couple of crumbs by putting some stuff on deregulation, something he cares about, in the bill. Now he can pretend he got a big victory. Scott now says the bill is important for Florida. And the same bill wasn't 2 weeks ago? Since Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the Senate, that means it is very likely to pass the Senate. Then the hard part happens: Getting the House on board. (V)