Lessons from Obamacare repeal failure guided tax reform win

Published December 20, 2017 6:01pm ET



A political nonprofit that invested $25 million to promote tax reform and is closely aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., made key changes to its strategy after the embarrassing collapse of legislation to repeal Obamacare.

American Action Network was the biggest outside spender on behalf of the historic, $1.5 trillion tax overhaul that cleared Congress on Wednesday and advanced to President Trump’s desk. But perhaps as important as AAN’s financial stake were tactical lessons learned from the GOP’s healthcare failure that guided their efforts on informally named Tax Cuts and Jobs act.

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