A key House Republican is already challenging incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), warning that his strategy risks blowing Republicans’ best chance to pass President-elect Donald Trump’s tax bill, reported NBC News.
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House Republicans have been wary of the two-step process, fearful that it creates more opportunity for major pieces of the legislation to be derailed. Last week, Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) complained, “They have a bigger majority in the Senate than we have in the House.”
“And the problem is: Thune is managing his traditional Senate ideas, not realizing we have one or two votes to give on our side,” he said.
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