Wednesday, October 20, 2021

The only question left: will Kyrsten Sinema switch parties or does she already have a corporate lobbying gig lined up?

My guess is the lobbying job - even Republicans won't vote for her in a primary no matter how cravenly pro-corporation that she is, and she's easily smart enough to realize that.


My guess is that even if she gets through a Democratic primary in 2024 (and until she actually loses one, I'm going to presume she will), many folks who voted for her in 2018 will simply skip the race.


Pic from CNN, not related to this story but not her finest moment.










From CNN -

Sinema's opposition to raising the corporate tax rate leaves White House scrambling to pay for Biden's agenda

Top Biden administration officials are now weighing a range of different ideas to finance a sweeping economic and climate package as opposition from Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has thrown initial plans to raise the corporate tax rate into doubt, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The ideas were raised on a Wednesday call between top officials and the two chairs of the congressional tax writing committees -- Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, the people said. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Brian Deese, the director of Biden's National Economic Council, were among those who participated in the call from the administration, the people said.

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