Happy New Year!

If you sing "The Hokey Pokey" at 151 BPM tonight at exactly 11:59:51, you'll "turn yourself around" right as the clock strikes midnight. Start your new year right because "that's what it's all about!"

Betting on the House

Proceed with caution - Pollyanna post ahead!

It's not a done deal!!

Yes, the Senate voted last night along party lines for their version of the tax bill, but the House passed a different version, and (as I'm sure you know) the House and the Senate have to agree on the SAME bill. In other words, the House still has to agree to the exact version the Senate passed in order for 45 to sign it into law, and that almost NEVER happens. More likely, it will go to committee next week where the House will try to hammer out the differences between the two bills.
 

It might also be helpful to keep in mind that all House members will be up for reelection next year, so if they do what they've traditionally done and make the bill WORSE, their constituents, whom will bear the brunt of the cuts (to Medicare, for example,) will wise up and vote them out of office next year, especially if Dems effectively hang this crappy plan around Repubs' necks leading into the 2018 midterms.

But if enough people call their House Member on Monday and tell them to vote against this bill, we could still stop this thing from ever getting to 45's desk...

There's still hope!!