GOP senator on tax bill: People will see that ‘we came through’

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Wednesday touted the imminent passage of the GOP tax-cut bill as a legislative win that will renew Americans’ “faith” that Republicans can deliver on their promises.

“Come next year, when people start getting their paychecks, they’re going to see the results of this and they’re going to realize we came through on what we said we were going to do,” Capito said on CNN’s “New Day.”

“This was something President Trump and Republicans said we would do,” she added.

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Capito’s remarks come after the Senate passed the bill that will overhaul the nation’s tax code with a narrow 51-48 vote early Wednesday morning, pushing the measure closer to President Trump’s desk.

Democrats have denounced the bill, claiming it will help the nation’s wealthiest individuals and corporations get richer, while disproportionately hurting millions of middle-class households with higher taxes.

Republicans say the measure will help the economy by slashing corporate tax rates and giving tax relief to most individuals. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday called the measure a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.”

Capito touted the likely passage of the bill and said there is confusion and misinformation about what it will do.

“I feel very good about what we’ve done and I think the polls and everything were sort of fallen prey by the rhetoric and some of the confusing numbers that were out there,” she said on CNN. 

The vote in the upper chamber on the tax bill came hours after the House passed the legislation in a 227-203 vote on Tuesday. 

But the Senate parliamentarian ruled that three provisions in the House-passed bill didn’t comply with budget rules that GOP lawmakers used to block Democrats from mounting a filibuster.

The ruling requires the House to vote on the measure again on Wednesday in order to send the bill to the White House.