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<\/p>\nHouse Approves Wildly Unpopular GOP Tax Bill in 227-203 Vote<\/b>
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House Republicans have approved a wildly unpopular tax \u201creform\u201d bill on Tuesday afternoon that will benefit the wealthy over the middle class. The vote was 227-203.<\/p>\n
The bill, which now goes to the Senate, is expected to add $1.4 trillion to the U.S. deficit.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2009, when Obama passed the stimulus package to combat the Great Recession, Rs routinely critiqued him for raising the deficit. Now they\u2019re happily adding $1.4Tn to it. My @Morning_Joe<\/a> chart: pic.twitter.com\/RjhsX5trP0<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) December 18, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
According to a CNN poll, just 33 percent of Americans approve of the bill while 55 percent oppose it.<\/p>\n
CNN adds<\/a>:<\/p>\n
Two-thirds see the bill as doing more to benefit the wealthy than the middle class (66%, vs. 27% who say it\u2019ll do more to benefit the middle class) and almost four in 10 (37%) say that if the bill becomes law, their own family will be worse off. That\u2019s grown five points since early November. Just 21% say they\u2019ll be better off if the bill becomes law.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump, the bill\u2019s salesperson-in-chief, lands at an overall 35% approval rating in this poll, his worst mark yet in CNN polling by one point. Trump\u2019s approval ratings continue to be the lowest for any modern president at this point in his presidency. As of December of their first year in office, all first-time elected presidents back to Eisenhower have approval ratings of 49% or higher except for Trump.<\/p>\n
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