Tax Bill Thrown Into Uncertainty as First G.O.P. Senator Comes Out Against It<br />“This is not just another garden variety attack on the Affordable Care Act; this is repeal of that law.”<br />Repealing the health law’s individual mandate would allow Republicans to save more than $300 billion<br />in government spending on health coverage over 10 years, giving them more room to cut taxes.<br />As the Senate Finance Committee continued its formal drafting of the bill, Democrats attacked Republicans for inserting the repeal of the individual mandate<br />and for imposing a 2025 expiration date for individual tax cuts, even as they would make the corporate tax cut permanent.<br />“There’s other senators who themselves want to ensure that we’re doing something to strengthen our country relative to the deficits.”<br />He added, “I’m not a yes, I’m not a no.”<br />With the House expected to pass its tax legislation, the fate of the overhaul fell into the hands of Republican senators, who grappled with the dangerous political prospects of passing a bill<br />that critics said could undermine the health care system and favored companies over the middle class.
