On many essential attributes of a plan. It would be extremely challenging too used to document as a document to hold the iris, the Treasury Department, or anybody else accountable for missteps. The few things it almost entirely lax are quantitative targets to measure against, backup data to analyze, and various key operational details including, for example, who at the irs or Treasury Department is ultimately responsible for making decisions on any particular issue. This does not give any detail on how the irs will implement secretary yellens 400,000 dollar pledge. And details really matter here. It also does not estimate what any of the 42 initiatives or 190 odd key projects are expected to cost or clearly answer the basic question of which initiative or key projects can be fully implemented with the 80 billion dollars in funding. What the document quietly admits is astonishing. Despite contrary rhetoric, the irate did not give the irs enough funding to fully realize the plans divisio
After that vote it does go to the senate. That could be very, very late tonight before the senate ultimately does get to vote on it but we hear from mitch mcconnell, the senate leader, he expects that to happen. Could be in the wee hours of the morning, might not be. So much hinges on this, once signed, sealed and done right to the president s desk we are told maybe by the end of the week he writes off on this hard to say. This much is not, were watching it very closely as the dow kind of sort of pauses and takes assessment of all this stuff. Charlie gasparino with us, market watcher paul deet trick, gop fund raider extraordinaire knoll nikpour. A lot of your did is buddies are hoping this is done deal. Jeff flake is not running again. The will not want to go on as only person to pull a john mccain with thumbs down. Not good for fundraising, not good for morale. At end of the day he is republican. Neil he voted yes last time. Corker voted no last time is yes this time. Do you think it
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