“He was an absolute warrior in this process,” said Arrington. “We wouldn’t have gotten the commitments to a fiscally responsible budget reconciliation bill if Lloyd Smucker was not involved and leading.”
Smucker and Arrington worked to put a strict $4.5 trillion cap on tax cuts — far less than the $5.5 trillion that Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith told members he’d need to achieve all of Trump’s campaign priorities. Smucker also crafted an amendment that reduces the amount of tax cuts Smith can enact if the GOP comes up with less than $2 trillion in spending cuts.
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