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This is the current Democrat controlled senate attempting to pass this, its especially odd considering they're a lame duck senate

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It's fairly common to see legislation that the general public will not favor be passed on a bipartisan basis by a lame duck Congress, especially when you have a large number of legislators who are no longer constrained by the need to be reelected.

The moderate Democrats and the establishment Republicans have the same donors.

Is it? Tillis is the only one I see associated with the bill. Have any Democratic senators spoken in favor of it?

That's exactly why they're doing it now.

Confused, why would Republicans be against this?

Edit: Got thrown off by the comments, that makes more sense.

Considering a Republican introduced it, I don't think they are.

The strategy might be to introduce it now, and use the fact that it failed the Democratic-lead lame duck session to sell it to the people in the next Congress.

It was proposed by a North Carolina Republican: Thom Tillis.

The Senate majority leader controls what legislation makes it to the Senate floor.

Frankly, most legislation that favors the interests of wealthy donors is bipartisan.

For instance, the legislation that rolled back the banking reforms put into place after the financial crisis during the first Trump term.

> the bill, which was years in the making, was a rare bipartisan accomplishment at a time when Congress is gridlocked on almost all major issues.

Sixteen moderate Senate Democrats helped Republicans pass the bill. It was an unusual moment of political unity that sparked a public feud in which the Democratic Party’s progressive wing went to war with its more business-friendly centrists.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/14/senate-passes-bill...

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