The House of
Representatives passed the Republicans’ sweeping tax overhaul today sending
the plan to the Senate and setting the stage for the bill to be signed into law by President Trump as early as this week.
The bill passed the
House 227 to 203. All but 12 Republican members voted for the bill. Zero
Democrats supported it.
“This is one of the
most important pieces of legislation Congress has passed in decades…for all
those millions of Americans struggling paycheck to paycheck, help is on the
way,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said after the vote. “This is a good day for workers
and a great day for growth.”
Ways and Means
Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) echoed Ryan. “On New Year’s Day,
America will have a new tax code for a new era of American prosperity.”
The vote itself was
chaotic, with a handful activists sitting in the public gallery repeatedly
interrupting Republicans as they introduced the tax measure before they were
escorted out by Capitol Police.
At one point, an
activist yelled, “You are lying to yourselves!” and told House Republicans they
needed to go back to school to learn math, which elicited laughter among the
Democrats on the floor.
A woman in a wheelchair
chanted, “Shame! Shame!” as she was removed from the gallery.
At another point,
someone on the Republican side of the chamber reacted to the activists by
shouting, “Throw her ass out!”
House protesters gone wild: woman takes her top off in the gallery of the House protesting tax vote.— Anna Palmer (@apalmerdc) December 19, 2017
Guess she showed them.— Golden Santa (@jamesbranch3) December 19, 2017
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