By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--December 19, 2017
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The embarrassing snag came just hours after jubilant Republican lawmakers and President Trump celebrated the flawed bill’s passage through the lower chamber. “The Senate parliamentarian determined two minor provisions do not have budgetary impacts and had to be removed from the bill,” a spokesperson for the House Ways and Means Committee told Business Insider. “The Senate will still vote tonight, and the House will vote tomorrow to send the final bill to the President’s desk.” GOP House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office said the House would reconsider the bill Wednesday morning and send it to the president for his signature at a ceremony yet to be scheduled. Democrats said the Senate parliamentarian had found the troubling items that violated Senate rules, including one provision that would let families use tax-advantaged 529 accounts for home-schooling expenses. The problem was revealed by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden.
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