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While y'all were distracted by the Judge, rethugs pass tax cuts to penalize Californians permanently
Just the senate to go. Iffy.
House tax cut bill puts vulnerable California Republicans in awkward position
Friday’s House vote to approve a second round of big tax cuts is aimed squarely at helping Republicans — but it could boomerang and hurt vulnerable GOP candidates in California.
The second tax cut bill would make cuts for individuals enacted last year permanent, instead of slowly phasing them out over the next decade.
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More than a million Californians claim more than $10,000 for the state and local deduction, with the average claimed deduction $18,517 in 2016.
That means on average, Californians who use the deduction will owe more than $8,000 in federal income taxes per year while the current cap is in place. For most, that’s substantially more than the benefit they receive from tax cuts. - McClatchy
Friday’s House vote to approve a second round of big tax cuts is aimed squarely at helping Republicans — but it could boomerang and hurt vulnerable GOP candidates in California.
The second tax cut bill would make cuts for individuals enacted last year permanent, instead of slowly phasing them out over the next decade.
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More than a million Californians claim more than $10,000 for the state and local deduction, with the average claimed deduction $18,517 in 2016.
That means on average, Californians who use the deduction will owe more than $8,000 in federal income taxes per year while the current cap is in place. For most, that’s substantially more than the benefit they receive from tax cuts. - McClatchy
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This would be DOA in the Senate and moreso if they don't START OVER and try to tailor it so it can pass via the reconciliation rule.
A law does NOT equal "passage" by only one chamber of Congress. The fucking media keeps manufacturing this type of click-bait over and over. They did the same thing when the ACA was going through its various iterations of "the bill". 
