Trump wins on tax Bill

JUBILANT Republicans pushed on to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades.

It is a deeply unpopular bill but Republicans insist Americans will learn to love it when they see their paychecks in the new year. President Donald Trump cheered the lawmakers on, eager to claim his first major legislative victory.

The Senate narrowly passed the legislation on a party-line vote, 51-48, after midnight with protesters interrupting with chants of “kill the bill, don’t kill us”. The early morning vote came hours after the GOP rammed the bill through the House, 227-203. But it wasn’t the final word in Congress because of one last hiccup.

Three provisions in the bill, including its title, violated Senate rules, forcing the Senate to vote to strip them out.

So the Bill was hauled back across the Capitol for the House to vote again on Wednesday (local time).

Hours earlier, House Speaker Paul Ryan, pictured, gleefully pounded the gavel on the House vote. GOP House members roared their approval and applauded as they passed the $1.5 trillion package that will touch every American taxpayer and every corner of the US economy.