Sen.-elect Doug Jones (D-Ala.) said on Thursday he is not going to enter the debate over whether he should be seated in time for a vote on tax reform, saying he is going to let developments “play out.”
“I’m going to just let that play out. I really don’t have a position on that. You know, with the holidays and everything going on, this is a big deal. I want to make sure it’s done right. So let’s just see how it plays out,” Jones told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today.”
Jones’s comments come amid a push by Democrats for the newly elected senator to be seated in the chamber before a final vote on the legislation that would overhaul the country’s tax code.
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“We Senate Democrats are calling on [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell to hit pause on his tax bill and not hold a final vote until Doug Jones is sworn into the Senate,” Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerChuck SchumerOvernight Health Care: US showing signs of retreat in battle against COVID-19 | Regeneron begins clinical trials of potential coronavirus antibody treatment | CMS warns nursing homes against seizing residents’ stimulus checks Schumer requests briefing with White House coronavirus task force as cases rise Schumer on Trump’s tweet about 75-year-old protester: He ‘should go back to hiding in the bunker’ MORE (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday.
Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) also called on Republicans to delay the legislation, citing the 2010 Massachusetts Senate race in which Democrats had called for Republican Scott Brown to be seated prior to holding a final vote on the Affordable Care Act.
“There is no reason to ram through that kind of massive restructuring of our economic system before Alabama gets its new senator unless Republicans are concerned that their deal won’t withstand a couple more weeks of public scrutiny,” Warren said.
Republicans are hoping to hold a vote on the legislation next week, while Alabama officials have said they will not certify the Senate race results until Dec. 26, meaning Jones could be seated in January.
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