'God Made Republicans to Cut Taxes'
On a 227-203 party-line vote, the House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching, $1.5 trillion revision of the tax code, cutting rates for corporations, small businesses, and individuals.
Updated on December 19 at 5:35 p.m. ET
As Speaker Paul Ryan brought the gavel down on House passage of a $1.5 trillion tax cut on Tuesday, a raucous cheer went up among the 227 Republicans who voted for it. It was an outburst of celebration, and of defiance—of the economists who disputed their fiscal claims, of the Democrats who assailed their morality, and of the polls suggesting that Republicans had just voted themselves back into the political abyss.
Once the final vote occurs on Wednesday, the GOP will have made good on one of its central promises, delivering a steep reduction in taxes for corporations and small business owners, and a more modest
