They represent your state, and they voted yes on a tax bill thats being described as a heist and an all-out war on any idea of opportunity in this country.
They represent your state and they voted yes on a tax bill that's being described as "an all-out war on any idea of opportunity in this country." CHIP SOMODEVILLA, ELAINE THOMPSON-POOL / GETTY

Elections have consequences. Here in Washington State, the voters who've shown up in recent elections have given us a Congressional delegation with four Republicans (representing eastern and southern Washington) and six Democrats (representing western Washington).

Today in DC, those elected representatives all participated in a defining vote on a "smash-and-grab" tax bill that's being described as the "wholesale looting" of America. The bill will enrich certain Republicans who serve in DC, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump. It's "a giveaway to corporations and the wealthy that will end up hurting most families." And it will do a lot to increase income inequality.

The vote in the US House broke along party lines, with zero Democrats voting to pass. A few Republicans did join the Democrats in voting no, but none of those no-voting Republicans were from Washington State.

Instead, all four of our state's Republican representatives—Dave Reichert, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Dan Newhouse, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers—voted yes. (Links go straight to their online contact info.)

I'll be adding statements and such to this post, but to get things started here's Democratic Seattle Representative Pramila Jayapal, who called Republican support for the tax bill "an all-out war on any idea of opportunity in this country."

The GOP tax scam bill is an all-out war on any idea of opportunity in this country. It’s a massive tax break for the ultra-wealthy on the backs of middle class families. It’s outrageous that Republicans in the House voted to pass this love letter to their largest donors and corporations.

Despite overwhelming opposition from the American people, this tax scam dismantles the Affordable Care Act, throwing 13 million people off their health care. It eliminates most of the State and Local Tax deduction, short-changing communities and resulting in as much as $152 billion in cuts to education funding over the next decade. It runs up the deficit anywhere from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, triggering cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. Despite what Republicans say, the fact of the matter is that 80 percent of all tax benefits in this bill go to the top one percent.

With this heist, Republicans have branded themselves as the party of billionaires and giant corporations—they are robbing the American people and showing zero remorse.

UPDATES:

Here's Democrat Suzan DelBene (WA-1) speaking against the bill before the vote:

Here's what Republican Dave Reichert (WA-08) has to say for himself:

BUT WAIT, looks like they'll have to cast these votes all over against tomorrow:

Three minor provisions in the Republicans’ tax bill must be changed for the bill to pass through the Senate, a last-minute discovery that will require the House — which was thought to have finished with the bill Tuesday afternoon — to re-vote on the measure Wednesday. The bill is still expected to pass Congress this week and be signed into law by President Trump.