Slate Voice

Late Friday night, Senate Republicans passed a hastily crafted $1.5 trillion overhaul of the tax code on a party line vote of 51–49. Only Bob Corker of Tennessee broke ranks to vote against the bill, whose final draft was introduced hours before voting with handwritten amendments scribbled in the margins by lobbyists. This plan, centered on a large corporate and upper-income tax cut, has clear winners and losers, with most of the American public falling in the latter category.