There's one big fix in the messed up tax law Republicans hurriedly shoved through last year that Democrats have been willing to work with Republicans on. It's the "grain glitch" which would give farmers who sell grain to coops dramatically lower tax bills. But only farmers who sell to coops. It was an error that other farmers, including corporate farms, deeply oppose and demand be corrected.
Democrats have actually agreed to help, on the condition that in return, they get an expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. So the opposition to making this fix is coming from inside the House. In fact, it's coming from the top of the House.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is standing in the way of a deal to fix the GOP’s tax law that is desperately sought by lawmakers from agricultural states, according to four sources in both parties familiar with the matter. […]
Most Senate Republicans would be OK with that deal, but Ryan is not. His opposition could keep the grain fix out of the must-pass omnibus spending package due by Friday evening to prevent a government shutdown.
Ryan is so committed to not helping low-income people, he's screwing over his own farm-state members. Because he's a sociopath.