WaPo: Home builders association try to smash GOP tax bill

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The National Association of Home Builders know how to demolish things, and on Saturday they decided to take on a new project — the House Republican tax bill.

That’s because one day before, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) informed NAHB that he would not be including a homeownership tax credit as part of the new tax legislation, which will be released on Wednesday.

NAHB’s chief executive, Jerry Howard, had spent months working on this new tax provision with Brady’s aides, but House leaders wouldn’t allow its inclusion, Howard was told. The next day, Howard and other NAHB officials gathered on a conference call and debated what to do. They agreed unanimously — kill the bill.

“We have members in every district,” Howard said. “We are not a partisan organization. We will work to defeat it with our grassroots.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/home-builders-raise-hammer-try-to-smash-gop-tax-bill/2017/10/29/7c473cce-bce0-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-business2%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.78bfbed6159e

Yay!

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1. GOOD!

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2. GOOD. Because it will HURT homeowners and the Real Estate/Homebuilding industry. BADLY. n/t