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Inside the last-minute wrangling on the tax bill

Tracey Samuelson Nov 1, 2017
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Inside the last-minute wrangling on the tax bill

Tracey Samuelson Nov 1, 2017
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Today is not the day we get a look at the GOP tax plan. Late last night, the House Ways and Means committee delayed the scheduled release of the text of the bill by a day. For now, there are many details to be worked out before the big reveal. Word is, Republicans are still trying to figure out how to pay for tax cuts in a way that keeps to their proposed budget of adding $1.5 trillion to the deficit over the next ten years. 

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