Entire GOP voted against letting senators read the new tax bill?

The whole group of GOP members in Congress said no when it came time to let senators look at the new tax bill.

Imagine you're playing a game with your friends, and someone writes down the rules on a piece of paper. But before you can see what the rules are, everyone has to say "yes" to you being able to read them. If even one person says no, then you can’t look at the rules, not even if they’re right there in front of you.

That’s exactly what happened with the tax bill. The GOP, which is like a team in Congress, all voted no when it was time for the senators to read it. So, no one could see the full rules of the new tax plan, even though they were already written down.

Why would they do that?

Sometimes, people don’t want others to know what’s inside a document until they’re ready. It's like hiding a surprise under a plate, you can’t peek until it's time!

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Examples

  1. Imagine the whole team agrees to not look at the game rules before playing.
  2. Like when everyone decides not to read the instructions for a puzzle they're all doing together.
  3. It's like if you and your friends agreed not to check the answers before taking a test.

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