Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) tore into Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) and House Republicans, claiming that the GOP’s concession to Democrats over a consequential tax bill would help Democrats “expand the welfare state.”
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed released this week, the senator reiterated his disapproval of the child tax credit legislation passed in the House last month, claiming Republican lawmakers were deceived into believing the bill would advance their priorities.
The $78 billion bipartisan bill that would cut taxes for corporate businesses and boost the child tax credit was negotiated by Smith and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR). When it advanced out of the House, it sparked intraparty division.
Smith, who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, has been trying to push the bill through the Senate
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