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Last night, the Senate adopted the final version of a major tax overhaul that nonpartisan organizations all agree will boost economic growth, make the US corporate tax rate far more competitive on the global stage, and will cut taxes, on average, for every single income group in America.  Every single Democrat who cast votes on the bill in both legislative chambers voted no.  'Resistance' now requires consigning your working class and middle-income constituents to higher tax burdens, apparently.  Thanks to Democrats' unified failure, more than 80 percent of taxpayers will see an immediate cut, with less than five percent getting...

Late yesterday, Washington lawmakers dropped a massive, 1,582-page spending bill that will fund the entire government for fiscal year 2014. Known as the omnibus spending bill, the gigantic legislative text works off a budget deal that set spending at $1.012 trillion—$45 billion more than previous spending caps that were agreed upon by a bipartisan majority in 2011. In other words, your tax dollars will fund this bloated spending bill, which adds to the nation’s debt of $17 trillion. With so much at stake, The Foundry has posted the actual bill for you to read. Last night and into the early...