Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats of opposing the GOP’s tax reform bill in an effort to deny President Trump a legislative win.
“Democrats once claimed to support many of the foundational aspects of our legislation, like lowering taxes for the middle class and ending incentives for corporations to ship jobs overseas,” McConnell wrote late Sunday in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
“But when it came time to vote, they chose partisanship over reform,” he added. “I was disappointed to see that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to oppose good ideas simply because they don’t like the current occupant of the White House.”
“But as I’ve said before, we refuse to let partisan distractions stop us from delivering relief,” McConnell wrote.
McConnell said the goal of the bill is to let more people keep more of their own money. He said it would also help repair the damage done during the Obama administration, when slow growth kept people from getting ahead.
“For many Americans the legacy of the Obama economy is sluggish growth, stagnant paychecks and missed opportunities,” he wrote. “A lost generation of workers still struggle with the consequences of the Great Recession and find it nearly impossible to get ahead.”
The Senate passed its tax bill early Saturday morning, and the House is expected to vote Monday to go to conference with the Senate to work out a final bill.
