The voters told them: The party's over. Go home. But before going home, they want to go big with another big, irresponsible national debt-busting bill. Republicans are struggling to stuff just a little more silver in their donors' pockets as they get pushed out the Capitol door. Republicans are ending this session the very same way they began it in January of last year, with arrogance, with duplicity, with total indifference to the needs of working families across our country. And this bill comes from the ``Great Cover Up Committee,'' the committee that covers up as much of its tax work as possible from the public; the committee that secretly changes the tax law to directly benefit the Trump family; and the committee that refuses to even review, under existing law, the Trump tax returns; the committee that believes in overlook, not oversight of the corruption that pervades this Trump administration. Since Trump took office, the Republicans have feverishly pursued two goals: Take away healthcare from the many, and award the few with more tax benefits. Last Friday, a Republican judge in Texas ruled that they can take away the coverage. He declared the entire act of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. And so what is the response today from the actions of our indicted Texas Attorney General colluding with the Trump administration that refused to defend the act? Are they here to protect Americans on preexisting conditions? No.…
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