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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., smiles during a news conference after the House voted to approve the Republican tax bill, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, on Capitol Hill
in Washington.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
GOP on the Verge of Huge Tax Overhaul _ With One Hiccup

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER they insist Americans will there was one last hic- pass the legislation Tuesday re-vote on Wednesday.
MARCY GORDON learn to love when they cup. Speaker Paul Ryan, night, but the plan to send it GOP House members
Associated Press see their paychecks in the who has worked years to- on to Trump for his signature roared and applauded as
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ju- new year. President Donald ward the goal of revamp- had to be scrapped. Dem- their chamber passed the
bilant Republicans pushed Trump cheered the law- ing the tax code, gleefully ocrats noted that three $1.5 trillion package largely
on Tuesday to the verge of makers on, eager to claim pounded the gavel on the provisions violated Senate along party lines, 227-203.
the most sweeping rewrite his first major legislative vic- final House vote, but then rules and had to be re- Ryan declared, “This was a
of the nation’s tax laws in tory. it turned out it wasn’t final moved. So the massive bill promise made.
more than three decades, Perhaps emblematic of the after all. will be hauled back across
a deeply unpopular bill stumbles along the way, The Senate still expected to the Capitol for the House to Continued on Page 3