Congress Sends Trump Tax-Cut Bill in First GOP Legislative Win
December 20, 2017 | Sahil Kapur and Anna Edgerton | Bloomberg
House Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years — hours after the Senate passed the legislation — handing President Donald Trump his first major legislative victory.
The chamber’s 224-201 party line vote on Wednesday — a redo thanks to a procedural hiccup — sent a bill to the president that provides a deep, permanent tax cut for corporations and shorter-term relief for individuals. Not a single Democrat in either chamber voted for the measure.
The legislation, which has scored poorly in public opinion polls, promises to become one of the biggest issues in the 2018 elections that will determine whether the GOP retains its majorities in Congress.
