Sen. Bob Corker said Tuesday that his reluctance to support the tax bill has nothing to do with his personal issues with President Trump.
“I would never vote against something because of some disagreement I have with an individual, nor would I vote for something solely because I like someone,” Mr. Corker, Tennessee Republican, said on Fox News.
Mr. Corker is among the small group of Republican senators who are still on the fence about supporting the tax bill because of the addition to the deficit. He is working with Republican Sen. James Lanford of Oklahoma to draft a provision that if the projected revenues are wrong, taxes would automatically increase so as not to unnecessarily add to the deficit.
“We’re working on all of those things right now, again, very constructively, with each other to try and resolve it,” Mr. Corker said.
But despite some holdouts, he said he thinks the bill will still pass out of committee and go to a full vote. Mr. Trump is expected to discuss the bill with congressional members at a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
Mr. Corker has had a rocky relationship with the president in recent months. The feud escalated in a back-and-forth Twitter exchange as well as a very critical New York Times interview. Mr. Corker said to the newspaper that Mr. Trump’s actions in foreign policy would lead to “World War III.”
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• Sally Persons can be reached at spersons@washingtontimes.com.
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