Certain. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist dan headinger, kim strassel. So you saw it pass the house. I was the thing that surprised me is how relatively little drama there was in the sense that they didnt have to break peoples arms. They got only 13 republican defections. Thats right. And they had votes to spare. Were see an entirely different story than we did on healthcare reform. Why do you think that is . Because healthcare reform failed, so republicans understand their very political lives depend on tax reform. So i think were picking up the pace here and the senate really wants to get this done before the alabama special election, when they might lose another republican seat and have a thinner majority. But the defections, 13 detectors, 12 were from hightax states california, new jersey, new york, in particular. And thats because of the state and local Tax Deduction, right . Right. So basically the house did a carveout for property taxes up to a certain
Certain. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist dan headinger, kim strassel. So you saw it pass the house. I was the thing that surprised me is how relatively little drama there was in the sense that they didnt have to break peoples arms. They got only 13 republican defections. Thats right. And they had votes to spare. Were see an entirely different story than we did on healthcare reform. Why do you think that is . Because healthcare reform failed, so republicans understand their very political lives depend on tax reform. So i think were picking up the pace here and the senate really wants to get this done before the alabama special election, when they might lose another republican seat and have a thinner majority. But the defections, 13 detectors, 12 were from hightax states california, new jersey, new york, in particular. And thats because of the state and local Tax Deduction, right . Right. So basically the house did a carveout for property taxes up to a certain
Certain. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist dan headinger, kim strassel. So you saw it pass the house. I was the thing that surprised me is how relatively little drama there was in the sense that they didnt have to break peoples arms. They got only 13 republican defections. Thats right. And they had votes to spare. Were see an entirely different story than we did on healthcare reform. Why do you think that is . Because healthcare reform failed, so republicans understand their very political lives depend on tax reform. So i think were picking up the pace here and the senate really wants to get this done before the alabama special election, when they might lose another republican seat and have a thinner majority. But the defections, 13 detectors, 12 were from hightax states california, new jersey, new york, in particular. And thats because of the state and local Tax Deduction, right . Right. So basically the house did a carveout for property taxes up to a certain