Article snippet: Tensions over class warfare and whether GOP tax plans help the rich over the middle class and poor are building in Congress as Republicans march forward with their legislation. Democrats have been forcefully and repeatedly arguing that the GOP wants to cut taxes for wealthy individuals and corporations at the expense of everyone else. Republicans, annoyed with the attacks, have pushed back, saying their focus is on the middle class. The issue came to a head late Thursday with an eruption from Senate Finance Committee Chairman MORE (R-Utah) toward the end of a grueling four-day markup of the chamber’s bill. The 83-year-old chairman blew up after Sen. MORE (D-Ohio) argued that the bill is geared toward the rich. “I think you guys overplay that all the time and it gets old, and frankly you ought to quit it,” he said in a moment that quickly went viral. Fights over class are nothing new in Washington, where generations of Democrats have labeled Republicans as warriors for the wealthy. Hatch also is hardly the first GOP lawmaker to take offense. Republicans have long accused Democrats of engaging in class warfare for their attacks on the rich. But Democrats have also accused Republicans of attacking the middle class. Brown, who has focused on the working class in his time in the Senate and is up for reelection next year in a state President Trump carried, said on MSNBC in 2011 that when Republicans accuse Democrats of class warfare, Democrats “point out the class wa... Link to the full article to read more