A massive GOP tax bill cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Wednesday, as lawmakers voted 52 to 48 to move the legislation forward toward a showdown vote on final passage by week’s end. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)With Democrats unanimously opposed, McConnell can lose only two GOP senators in the closely divided Senate and still prevail on the bill. But the House bill included the provision, and numerous GOP lawmakers there have said it must be included in the final bill. Trump, GOP leaders and many businesses nonetheless insist it would be a boon for the economy that would boost growth and help the middle class. The people that like me best.”[Johnson, a key Senate holdout for the GOP tax bill, is still fuming over 2016]

Source: Washington Post November 29, 2017 18:06 UTC