US Senate passes GOP tax legislation on narrow party-line vote
WASHINGTON - Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans will learn to love when they see their paychecks in the new year. US President Donald Trump cheered the lawmakers on, eager to claim his first major legislative victory.
The Senate narrowly passed the legislation on a party-line vote, 51-48, after midnight, hours after the GOP rammed it through the House, 227-203. But it wasn't the final word in Congress because of one last hiccup.
Three provisions in the bill, including its title, violated Senate rules, forcing the Senate to vote to strip them out. So the massive bill was hauled back across the Capitol for the House to revote Wednesday, and Republicans to celebrate again.
