Cenk Uygur
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Why Trump Loves 'Blue Dog' Democrats
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August 9, 2017
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10:14Now PlayingRepublicans want to transfer more of the tax burden from the upper one percent onto you, and the 'blue dogs' are here to help. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"The Trump White House is quietly courting a few dozen House Democrats on tax reform — eager to avoid the fate of the GOP's straight party-line attempt to jam through a repeal of Obamacare.
Even as congressional GOP leaders largely embrace a partisan path on taxes, White House officials have been wooing 15 to 20 centrist House Democrats since early summer. The Trump administration is all too aware of congressional Republicans’ struggles to come together on a range of hot-button issues — from health care to government spending — and tax reform is littered with political minefields for the party.
So the president and his staff are opening a line of communication with moderate Democrats in case a Plan B is needed. At a mid-June dinner at the White House with four centrist House Democrats, President Donald Trump expressed interest in a bipartisan package combining tax reform with infrastructure spending, multiple sources said.”*
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