House easily passes $1.4 trillion tax cut, without one Democrat

No Democrats backed the bill. You can always count on the Democrats to stand between us and our own money. They are like depraved heroin addicts strung out on our dough.

No Democrats backed the bill. You can always count on the Democrats to stand between us and our own money.

By Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times – Thursday, November 16, 2017

With spines stiffened by a presidential pep talk, House Republicans easily approved a $1.4 trillion tax cut Thursday, taking the first big step toward a decades-overdue overhaul that the GOP hopes will send the economy soaring.

Desperate for a legislative win, Republicans linked arms and plowed ahead, brushing aside Democratic warnings that the bill will be seen as a sop to the wealthy instead of a boost to the middle class that President Trump had promised.

“America needs a comeback,” said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican. “This is your comeback.”

 Thursday’s 227-205 vote marks the first major step, but Republicans still have a number of hills to climb. The Senate is aiming to pass its own version after Thanksgiving, then the measures need to be squared with each other.
No Democrats backed the bill.“This is the most irresponsible bill I will have been confronted with in 37 years,” said Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat who said the massive deficits — as much as $2 trillion, when interest costs and other extensions are included — are a betrayed of what Republicans have long argued for.