With midterm elections less than a year away, Republicans could earn a reprieve from the expected electoral losses as more Americans realize the benefits of the tax overhaul.
With not a single Democrat Senator voting for the $1.5 trillion tax cut, and with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., “the only lawmaker to cross party lines,” politicians hailing from the left side of the aisle sought to hang Trump’s only legislative success so far as an albatross on fellow Republicans seeking re-election in November. As Politico reported, following the Senate’s 51-49 tax reform vote, “Democrats have vowed to make the legislation a liability for Republicans going into the 2018 mid-term election, arguing most of its benefits will go to wealthy individuals and corporations.”
