Curtis’ arrival in Washington will be hustled along, as my Salt Lake Tribune colleague Thomas Burr reported this week, because Republican leaders, desperate for at least one policy win before year’s end, want every vote they can get for the upcoming tax bill.
It will be the first test of Curtis’ ability to fight for the interest of his 750,000 constituents.
Curtis talked up tax cuts during the campaign. But the bill he's being asked to vote on would eliminate the individual deductions people can claim on their taxes, instead going to a larger standard deduction.