Against President Donald Trump’s wishes, the House’s “one, big, beautiful bill” does not include a tax increase on the wealthiest Americans.

And that’s unlikely to change in the U.S. Senate.

“What we’re seeing is the center of gravity in the Republican Party is still much closer to where it was under [2012 GOP presidential nominee] Mitt Romney than is commonly thought — there’s support for Trumpian nationalism, but it’s not the dominant disposition in the way a lot of people think it is,” said Michael Strain, economist at the American Enterprise Institute, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

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