I had a long running argument on Twitter (that was mostly civil) about the fact that three Democratic House members died since the election last November, and that allowed the OBBB to pass the House by one vote. My counterpart assured me that the GOP would have simply held the vote until some absent members returned. One GOP member voted present, which strongly suggests that they were not a "yes" on the bill, but didn't want to attract fire.
This will all be put to the final test soon. The It Would Be Funny If It Weren't Tragic episode of Lisa Murkowski voting FOR the bill before saying she hated the bill and hoped the House...THE HOUSE?...would fix it.
So, we shall see. Speaker Moses has to reconcile a lot of vulnerable Blue State Republicans who want the SALT deduction back and others who have axes to grind, plus the lunatic fringe of the Freedumb Caucus who think it's not cruel enough. Then there might be a few principled deficit scolds who will follow Rand Paul's lead.
Who knows? Odds are overwhelmingly in favor of the GOP doing the worst thing possible, but we shall see.
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