A bipartisan deal that would reduce business taxes while expanding the child tax credit has set up a political dilemma for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he weighs whether to bypass objections from within his own ranks to bring it to the floor as soon as next week.

Pushback to the tax bill from hard-line conservatives and Northeastern moderates — two factions that have long complicated the slim GOP majority’s ability to move legislation — means Johnson and GOP leadership have to make a choice between pushing through a bipartisan win for business or minimizing intraparty turmoil.

On the one end, swing-district Republicans from blue states who have long pushed to increase the state and local tax (SALT) credit have expressed frustration that their top priority — which is also opposed by many Republicans who argue it incentivizes high state taxes — was not included in the bill.

  • PugJesus
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    “I’m sick of these gutless cowards in Washington. You know what we’re gonna put on the floor next week?” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) told Fox radio host Jimmy Failla on Thursday. “A tax cut bill for corporations, because Republicans are whores for endless wars and corporations. That’s it. That’s what they stand for.”

    Wow, really saying the quiet part out loud.

    • @[email protected]
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      510 months ago

      By the sound of it, looks like a normal dude actually got elected and got surprised that the swamp was everywhere

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        10 months ago

        Except he’s a giant hypocrite only pretending to be anti-corporate. His 5 largest donors are

        • House Freedom Fund

        • Q2 Banking

        • Cooper & Kirk (law firm specializing in fighting regulations on behalf of corporations)

        • Allegiance Refining LLC

        • Club For Growth

        All as pro-corporate swampy as it gets.