House Republicans are now on a retreat pushing tax cuts for large corporations and the ultra-wealthy, immediately after attempting to rip healthcare away from hardworking Americans. This is all while staring down and ignoring a September 30th deadline to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), provide critical funding for Community Health Centers (CHCs) in rural communities, or providing for emergency aid for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, further exposing their out-of-touch agenda.
“President Trump and House Republicans are limping into a partisan, unpopular tax cut fight immediately after stirring a furious backlash from the American people over their historically unpopular healthcare repeal,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “While it’s obvious that Speaker Ryan is desperate to get anything passed through his do-nothing Congress, it’s equally clear that everyday Americans don’t have any interest in what he is selling. The combination of cutting healthcare and giving tax cuts to corporations that ship jobs overseas – all while ignoring imminent funding deadlines to provide healthcare for children and those in rural communities, and aid for hurricane victims – will be a major problem for this imperiled Republican House majority.”