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U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet Tuesday with Senate Republicans in a crucial week for his presidency and his tax plan that could decide whether he ends his first year with a major legislative achievement.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has spent much of his political career warning against the pitfalls of deficit spending and government debt.

The Senate tax bill is headed for a marathon debate this week with the aim to hold a floor vote as early as Thursday. Should it pass, Republican leaders will have to hammer out a compromise between different provisions in the House and Senate bills. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day.

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s decision to agree late Tuesday to smash Obamacare’s individual mandate may remove one obstacle to passing the Senate Republican tax bill next week.

The IRS has been sending signals since the summer that it will be enforcing the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate.

For this tax season, it looks like the reporting requirements remain in full swing.

A new 50-state analysis of the tax reform bill passed last week by the Senate Finance Committee finds the plan would increase taxes on at least 29 percent of taxpayers by 2027 and cause the populations of 19 states to pay more in federal taxes than they do today.

The White House wouldn’t oppose removing from the Senate tax plan a controversial provision to repeal the individual health-care mandate of the Affordable Care Act, budget director Mick Mulvaney said, a move that could help secure the vote of key Republicans.

The Republican tax-overhaul effort is in for a marathon debate on the Senate floor at the end of this month, with dozens of doomed Democratic amendments. But the real action will be elsewhere, behind closed doors.

Senator Susan Collins said the Republican tax plan passed by the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday “needs work.”