Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) warned that President Donald Trump‘s vast tax and spending bill still “does not yet meet the moment” after it narrowly advanced out of a key committee during a rare Sunday night vote.
The House Budget Committee passed the reconciliation bill by 17-16 votes, but four Republican holdouts—including Roy—only voted “present.” This allowed the bill to move forward while they demonstrated their opposition to the package in its current form.
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But the Republican majority in the House is slight, and representatives have different political calculations to make, leading to divisions on issues like Medicaid spending and deficit-financed tax cuts that make passing the bill a tough task.
There’s still hope that this “hideously ugly bill” that taxes the poor to feed the rich can be blocked or fixed.
https://www.newsweek.com/chip-roy-trump-big-bill-warning-scam-2073956
