Blumenthal: The House Tax Bill Is ‘Dead on Arrival’ in the Senate

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BLUMENTHAL: "There is a long and very bumpy road ahead. In fact, I’m inclined to say that the house bill is dead on arrival because the Senate Republican leadership wants to turn this tax bill, in effect, into a health care bill by repealing the individual mandate, in effect, turning 13 million people or more off of health care and also exacerbating some of the harms in the Republican bill, for example, eliminating retiree deduction for state and local taxes, continuing the elimination of deductions for interest paid on college loans. There are a variety of —"