McCain Urges Bipartisan Tax Effort, Echoing Health Demands
- His position cuts against Senate leaders’ plan for party vote
- Arizona senator’s stance helped thwart Obamacare repeal
McCain Urges Bipartisan Effort on Tax Reform
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Senator John McCain of Arizona is laying down the same marker on tax legislation as he did on health care, demanding regular order and support from both parties -- a stance that has proved pivotal in thwarting Senate Republican efforts to undo Obamacare.
“We need to do it in a bipartisan fashion,” McCain said Tuesday of planned tax legislation, arguing that the major congressional reforms that have stood the test of time since the 20th century have included buy-in from both parties. “I am committed, as I’ve said before, to a bipartisan approach, such as we’ve been doing in the Armed Services Committee for the last 53 years,” he told reporters in the Capitol.