Lil Bob Corker is starting to sweat as details of the #Corkerkickback, and how it benefits Corker personally, start to come out in the media.
As The Hill reports….
“Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) sent a letter on Sunday to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) asking how a provision that would potentially benefit real estate moguls, including Corker, made it into the final version of the Republican tax-reform bill.
“Because this issue has raised concerns, I would ask that you provide an explanation of the evolution of this provision and how it made it into the final conference report,” Corker wrote.
The International Business Times reported Saturday that a provision added during the reconciliation process allows owners of income-producing real estate to take advantage of a 20-percent deduction for "pass-through" entities. The Senate version of the tax bill included rules that allowed the deduction to be claimed only by businesses that pay their employees significant wages.
Corker said Sunday he did not have a role in writing the legislation, and asked Hatch, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, to explain how the provision made it into the final bill. He suggested it was in the House’s version of the tax bill, and remained in the final version after a conference committee sought to reconcile the House and Senate tax bills.”
As one Twitterer put it:
If you Tweet, please run over to #Corkerkickback and help to make it trend and let the thief...er Senator….know how you feel. With John McCain at home and not voting, we only need Corker and one other (R) Senator to vote no to kill this Tax Scam bill.
You’ll be in good company there: