House passes tax bill

[orangecrush]

The House on Thursday passed legislation to overhaul the tax code, moving Republicans one step closer to achieving the top item on their legislative agenda.

The measure was approved by a vote of 227-205. No Democrats voted for the bill, while 13 Republicans broke ranks to oppose it.

“Passing this bill is the single biggest thing we can do to grow the economy, to restore opportunity and help these middle-income families who are struggling,” Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said ahead of the vote.

Once the bill reached the magic number for passage, Republicans in the chamber erupted into applause.

Democrats mockingly joined in, with some singing "na na na na, hey hey, goodbye," like they did when the chamber passed an ObamaCare repeal bill earlier this year.

Besides Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), who had concerns about the bill's impact on the debt, all of the GOP no votes came from the states of New York, New Jersey and California.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360704-house-passes-sweeping-tax-bill-in-victory-for-gop


While we were all watching Bannonsquirrel.

[Kaleva]

1. Why were you watching Bannonsquirrel?

[orangecrush]

3. ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9850774

[lame54]

5. it was going to happen anyway...

we could have focused on this 24/7 and ignored everything else in this world and the Ayn Radians were going to pass this anyway

[Kaleva]

6. I agree with you

[orangecrush]

9. Reganomics revisited

followed by the crash.

Same crap they always pull.

[lagomorph777]

2. They are bent on political suicide.

And voters will play Dr. Kevorkian.

[orangecrush]

4. I know I will

Next November.

[mreilly]

7. And we're headed right back to 2008...

... at the end of the era of the last time the GOP was permitted to ram their destructive agenda through, and the economy almost collapsed. Oh, but it will all be Obama's fault when that happens.

Assholes.

[orangecrush]

8. It's not a good day

It almost seems like this was timed.

Their bad days have just begun, when Mueller starts grilling aides.

Hopey especially.