Wednesday, November 7, 2018

SALT Cap Comes Back to Haunt GOP With Key Tax Writers Losing Their Seats



At least six House Republicans in high-tax states lost their seats Tuesday, defeated in part by voter frustration over the GOP tax law’s new cap on state and local tax deductions, reports Bloomberg.


Two of the key players behind the tax overhaul -- Illinois’ Peter Roskam and Minnesota’s Erik Paulsen -- were among the six casualties. They sit on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, whose Republican bench has been wiped out by losses, as well as retirements.

Ten of the 24 Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee won’t return to Congress next year.

.-RW 

3 comments:

  1. "Ten of the 24 Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee won’t return to Congress next year."

    Is there a for-profit committee anywhere in the world with 39 members?

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  2. When in doubt vote them out.
    Republican control of the house did hardly anything. Such a joke.

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    1. yeah, definitely under-performed. However, what is unseen is the damage that would have been done by the Democrats.

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