Notable Dem. leaders have issued statements condemning House GOP for the 'Fair Tax Act,' but is the bill even popular among Republicans? See perspectives and analysis across the spectrum from thehill, GroverNorquist, and stevebenen:
Grover Norquist, a tax reduction advocate, outlined the history of the proposed legislation, which has been introduced by Republican lawmakers in every congress since 1999 but has lost support within the party, “falling from a peak of 76 House Republicans in 2015 to 24 today.
” Norquist concluded the Fair Tax Act “has no hope of passing in the House.”called the Fair Tax Act “a doozy, even by GOP standards” and concluded that Democratic leaders “couldn’t be more pleased” that the legislation is being pushed by select Republicans House members. Benen wrote that the party is “eager, almost desperate, to treat the bill like a pinata.”
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