How Two Republican Senators Are Using A Bait-And-Switch To Scuttle Democrats’ Revenue Goals

How Two Republican Senators Are Using A Bait-And-Switch To Scuttle Democrats’ Revenue Goals: Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and John Thune (R-SD) this afternoon offered an amendment to the Senate Democratic budget that they claim will protect the charitable tax deduction from elimination or restriction under the tax reform sought by Democrats. In reality, though, the amendment is a simple bait-and-switch attempt to reduce the budget’s overall revenue levels [...]/p