“Fresh off a bruising special election loss, House Republicans from New York suffered yet another setback on Wednesday with the defeat of their long sought-after tax bill,” Axios reports.
“Those lawmakers are trying to notch a win before facing an uphill battle to defend their party’s narrow majority in November.”
“A procedural vote to advance the bill failed after 18 conservative Republicans joined with Democrats in voting against it.”
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