"Since the tax law's passage in December, Republicans have watched it become more popular, the economic news grow more positive, and their own political standing improve.
Now comes a much bigger challenge: Can the party’s tax cuts actually move votes?
A special House election in Pennsylvania next month will be the best political test yet of the tax law, a potential vindication of – or warning to – Republicans who hope that its passage will fundamentally alter a political environment that recently appeared to threaten their House majority.
Even as the national political climate shifts to a renewed debate about gun violence in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida – one that has put Republicans on the defensive – the race here has stayed focused on pocketbook issues.
Already, the race between Republican Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb has featured clashes over the tax legislation, with the candidates sparring over it at a debate and one GOP super PAC putting its message front-and-center in TV ads."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article202051104.html
Now comes a much bigger challenge: Can the party’s tax cuts actually move votes?
A special House election in Pennsylvania next month will be the best political test yet of the tax law, a potential vindication of – or warning to – Republicans who hope that its passage will fundamentally alter a political environment that recently appeared to threaten their House majority.
Even as the national political climate shifts to a renewed debate about gun violence in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida – one that has put Republicans on the defensive – the race here has stayed focused on pocketbook issues.
Already, the race between Republican Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb has featured clashes over the tax legislation, with the candidates sparring over it at a debate and one GOP super PAC putting its message front-and-center in TV ads."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article202051104.html