Rubio : House Senate Bills Differ But He Expects No Clash
Rubio
There will be differences between tax reform bills proposed by Republicans in the House and Senate  but at the end of the day   Sen. Marco Rubio  said  he  does not see a clash occurring between the two chambers over the bill.
 Rubio  said one of the things  he  knows will be different in the two bills is the matter of the state and local taxes exemption.
"I live  you know  in Florida and I do my taxes "  Rubio  said. "I get to write off my property tax  a portion of the sales tax  if you're itemizing."
Many people are angry over possibly losing that exemption  but  Rubio  said what really matters is how much people will be paying overall  not how they get to that figure.
"While that may be going away  there are other things that are going up "  Rubio  said. "The overwhelming majority of Americans who need a tax cut are going to get one  so in the end  it doesn't really matter . . . what matters most of all is how much are you paying  because i think that's what people care about at the end of the day  how much they are paying."
The bill being unveiled Thursday  meanwhile  is just a starting point   Rubio  said  and  he  anticipates there will be things in it  he 'd like to change.
"If the child tax credit is not high enough or if it's not refundable  I'll want to change that  because I think we have to do that for working families — people out there that are raising two  three  four children "  Rubio  said. "Both parents work really hard. We can't raise their taxes. They need a tax cut. It's expensive to raise kids."
 Rubio   in an op-ed piece for The New York Times over the weekend  called for doubling the per-child tax credit to $2 000 and making it refundable against payroll tax liability.  He  also said that the House tax bill falls short in that regard  and does not know if the Senate will add more.
"I don't know if they'll get to that number " Rubio said  'But I think it will be better. I expect it'll be better than the House position. And we'll keep working on it. Look  if I don't like it  I can file an amendment on the Senate floor. And I am pretty confident I have the votes."
There will be differences between tax reform bills proposed by Republicans in the House and Senate  but at the end of the day   [TGT]said  [TGT]  does not see a clash occurring between the two chambers over the bill.
 [TGT]said one of the things  [TGT]  knows will be different in the two bills is the matter of the state and local taxes exemption.
"I live  you know  in Florida and I do my taxes "  [TGT]said. "I get to write off my property tax  a portion of the sales tax  if you're itemizing."
Many people are angry over possibly losing that exemption  but  [TGT]said what really matters is how much people will be paying overall  not how they get to that figure.
"While that may be going away  there are other things that are going up "  [TGT]said. "The overwhelming majority of Americans who need a tax cut are going to get one  so in the end  it doesn't really matter . . . what matters most of all is how much are you paying  because i think that's what people care about at the end of the day  how much they are paying."
The bill being unveiled Thursday  meanwhile  is just a starting point   [TGT]said  and  [TGT]  anticipates there will be things in it  [TGT] 'd like to change.
"If the child tax credit is not high enough or if it's not refundable  I'll want to change that  because I think we have to do that for working families — people out there that are raising two  three  four children "  [TGT]said. "Both parents work really hard. We can't raise their taxes. They need a tax cut. It's expensive to raise kids."
 Rubio   in an op-ed piece for The New York Times over the weekend  called for doubling the per-child tax credit to $2 000 and making it refundable against payroll tax liability.  He  also said that the House tax bill falls short in that regard  and does not know if the Senate will add more.
"I don't know if they'll get to that number [TGT] said  'But I think it will be better. I expect it'll be better than the House position. And we'll keep working on it. Look  if I don't like it  I can file an amendment on the Senate floor. And I am pretty confident I have the votes."