Republicans Race to Finish Their Tax Cuts
The GOP wants to enact a final bill into law next week, but it has to make some tricky decisions first.
by Russell Berman
Dec 12, 2017
4 minutes
Republicans racing to enact their tax cuts by Christmas are down to the final details as they try to merge competing plans passed by the House and Senate in the last month. But those finishing touches are forcing the party to make some tricky decisions.
Will negotiators soften the more unpopular edges of the bills to provide more benefits to individuals and the middle class, or will they yield to conservative demands that the $1.4 trillion plan prioritize corporations in the name of economic growth?
The House and Senate tax bills contained some important differences that Republicans are now trying to reconcile. The
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