Why is this a “Republican” tax law?

For better or worse, this is a Republican tax law. The vote totals speak for themselves. No Democrats or Independents voted for this measure.

The final vote totals were as follows: Source

House

Party Yea Nay DNV Totals
Republican 224 12 2 238
Democratic 0 189 5 194
Totals 224 201 7 432

Senate

Party Yea Nay DNV Totals
Republican 51 0 1 52
Democratic 0 46 0 46
Independent 0 2 0 2
Totals 51 48 1 100

The actual title of the law is “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018”. The original Short Title, “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” was stripped by the Senate parliamentarian.

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