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In CA, NY, NJ and IL there are 34 Republican House members. None will vote for this bill as it would be suicide for them. Their core constituency gets hammered.

As a resident of the People's Socialist RepuliK of Illinois I think I'm pretty qualified to comment here.

First, you're right: None of the 34 Republican House Members will vote for it (and neither will any Democrat in the above states either, btw) which would effectively kill President Trump's proposed Tax Reform.

Second, you're right: people like me in Illinois would get hammered even more, tax wise. Allow me to expand on that point while I'm at it:

This may be the impetus needed for voters in high tax states to make changes in their state legislatures and gubernatorial offices. Maybe that's the goal here too. What President Trump is trying to do from a tax perspective to improve the OVERALL business climate in the United States is to reduce the FEDERAL Tax Burden.

If high tax states such as the one that I currently live in can't get their fiscal houses in order two things are going to happen: (1) their populations will continue to decrease (as Illinois is doing...) and (2) Their tax burdens will become so overbearing the state will implode from its overburdensome debt.

Illinois is already imploding and under these conditions no business in its right mind would move here. This tax reform will simply accelerate the implosion and I say GOOD! Like an alcoholic that needs to hit bottom before finally stopping drinking, Illinois liberal politicians need to run out of other people's money and not be able to borrow any more before this state frankly gets its financial shit together.

The impetus being the Trump Tax Reform making living here even more costly which may be the final straw that breaks the voters backs in this state to throw all the worthless bums out of office.

I don't see this as a bad thing even though yes, I'll get hammered tax-wise if I continue to live in this state. I'm close enough to the Indiana border that I can pick up and vote with my feet and my dollars and leave Illinois which is what I'll do.

I say bring on the tax reform!