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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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