Today, fifty-one Republican senators voted, in the dark of night, to repay their wealthy benefactors by approving a “tax cut bill” that enriches the country’s millionaires and billionaires at the expense of everyone else.
In a rational universe, those fifty-one senators would have in effect signed their own death warrants. But we do not live in a world ruled by reason.
Here is a list of the fifty-one U.S. Senators who voted to take from the have-nots to give to the have-it-alls:
| Lamar Alexander, Tenn
John Barrasso, Wyo. |
| John Boozman, Ark. |
| Richard M. Burr, N.C. |
| Thad Cochran, Miss. |
| John Cornyn, Tex. |
| Steve Daines, Mont. |
| Michael B. Enzi, Wyo. |
| Jeff Flake, Ariz. |
| Lindsey Graham, S.C. |
| Charles E. Grassley, Iowa |
| Orrin G. Hatch, Utah |
| James M. Inhofe, Okla. |
| Johnny Isakson, Ga. |
| Ron Johnson, Wis. |
| James Lankford, Okla. |
| John McCain, Ariz. |
| Mitch McConnell, Ky. |
| Rand Paul, Ky. |
| David Perdue, Ga. |
| Rob Portman, Ohio |
| Pat Roberts, Kan. |
| Michael Rounds, S.D. |
| Tim Scott, S.C. |
| Richard C. Shelby, Ala. |
| Luther Strange, Ala. |
| John Thune, S.D. |
| Thom Tillis, N.C. |
| Patrick J. Toomey, Pa. |
| Roger Wicker, Miss. |
| Todd Young, Ind. |
| Roy Blunt, Mo. |
| Shelley Moore Capito, W.Va. |
| Bill Cassidy, La. |
| Tom Cotton, Ark. |
| Michael D. Crapo, Idaho |
| Ted Cruz, Tex. |
| Joni Ernst, Iowa |
| Cory Gardner, Colo. |
| Dean Heller, Nev. |
| John Hoeven, N.D. |
| Mike Lee, Utah |
| Jerry Moran, Kan. |
| Lisa Murkowski, Alaska |
| Jim Risch, Idaho |
| Marco Rubio, Fla. |
| Ben Sasse, Neb. |
| Dan Sullivan, Alaska |
| Susan Collins, Me. |
| Deb Fischer, Neb. |
| John Kennedy, La. |
The reality is that few of these senators, if any, will pay a political price. Their supporters won’t know how badly the falsely advertised “middle class tax cut” bill actually hurts them … if not immediately, then in the near future.
It’s unfortunate that the best news of the day (Flynn pleading guilty and flipping on Trump) is immediately followed by the Republican “reverse-Robin Hood” tax scam.
Photo | Tom Brenner/The New York Times