2. The House of Representatives narrowly cleared a budget blueprint that will allow a tax overhaul bill — which could cut taxes by as much as $1.5 trillion — to pass Congress without any Democratic votes.

Representatives from high-tax states like New York, New Jersey and California protested, worried that the blueprint will doom deductions for state and local taxes.

“Tax reform is good for the country; it’s just not good for the country when it’s on the back of six states,” said Representative Tom MacArthur, above in May, a New Jersey Republican.