Senate Votes To Begin Debate On Republican Tax Overhaul Legislation

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is surrounded by media as he walks from the Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is surrounded by media as he walks from the Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The largest tax package in more than three decades on Wednesday cleared a key procedural vote in the Senate as Republican lawmakers work to give President Donald Trump the biggest legislative victory of his first year in office.

The Senate voted 52-48 Wednesday to start debating the bill, which would provide generous tax cuts to businesses and more modest tax cuts to families and individuals. It was a party-line vote, with all Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed.

Wednesday’s vote paves the way for the Senate to potentially pass the bill later this week. Lawmakers would then try to reconcile it with a tax package passed by the House.

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  1. Welcome to the GOP Bizarro World… Episode 3,249…

  2. McConnell: How do I get Trump to retweet this video of a woman fucking a donkey? We need a little more cover to pass this shit heap.

  3. Fifty-two country-loving patriots. Not a completely bat-shit insane one in the bunch. #MAGA

  4. Republicans about to fuck the country long-term.

  5. When haven’t they, at least in the last 30+ years?

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