Her colleagues assured her they would pass the bills she wanted — not immediately but soon after the tax bill had passed. Collins decided that was good enough, and on Dec. 2, she became one of 51 yes votes on the tax bill. Within days of the Senate vote on the tax bill, conservative House Republicans started saying that they didn’t care about her deal. Tax cuts and health care cuts are inexorably bound. So in exchange for her vote, Collins received, at best, a cosmetic fix that she will have to pretend is something more.

Source: New York Times December 11, 2017 01:29 UTC