Monday, Representative Terri Sewell (AL-7) gave a fiery speech on the floor of the United States House of Representatives attacking President Donald Trump’s tax cuts that were passed last year and opposing new tax cut legislation.
The already-passed tax cuts, entitled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, have been widely praised as aiding the booming national economy. Now, Republicans want to build on this progress through “Tax Reform 2.0,” a series of bills that would modify and build upon this legislation.
While Alabama’s Republican members of the House all are on board, including recent supportive, public editorials by Rep. Bradley Byrne (AL-1) and Rep. Martha Roby (AL-2), the state’s lone Democrat in the House is adamantly against more tax cuts, on top of continued frustration over the 2017 legislation passing.
“Less than a year after the first disastrous tax bill, we are voting on another bill that would double this betrayal and put hardworking families that are working every day to make ends meet, even further into debt,” Sewell asserted.
“It is unconscionable that Republicans are trying to pass another batch of tax cuts that will add another $650 billion to the $2.3 trillion that they’ve already spent through the tax code … vote no on this reckless tax cut,” she added.
Republicans are trying to push another tax cut for the wealthy through Congress, doubling down on the same trickle down economics. Count me as a no vote! #GOPTaxScam pic.twitter.com/42qZ0B6Cga
— Rep. Terri A. Sewell (@RepTerriSewell) October 1, 2018
Read about Tax Reform 2.0, which passed the House Thursday and Friday and now awaits committee action in the Senate, from Byrne here and Roby here.
Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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