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Eight weeks ago the president said he would be releasing a “phenomenal” tax plan within two or three weeks. But there’s no sign of a plan yet, and mixed signals from the White House are imperiling Republican promises of speedy action.
April 6 -
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Thursday it’s uncertain whether Congress will offset the tax cuts that Republicans hope to deliver with new revenue, creating the chance that their tax-overhaul plan would be limited to 10 years.
March 31 -
Far-right Republicans who helped block House Speaker's goal of replacing Obamacare may also be in position to imperil his dreams of a comprehensive rewrite of the tax code.
March 28 -
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan say they’re ready to put tax reform at the top of their agendas.
March 25 -
Republicans abandoned their efforts to repeal and partially replace the ACA and plan to move on to tax reform.
March 24 -
The president warned House Republicans in a closed-door meeting Tuesday that many of them could be fired in the 2018 elections if they don’t approve legislation to replace the ACA.
March 21 -
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its highly anticipated scoring of the American Health Care Act this week, and many commentators have observed that several of the CBO's findings will make the legislation a tougher sell for Republicans.
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About 24 million more people would be uninsured under the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, creating a daunting political impediment for a proposal that would reduce the deficit by more than $300 billion.
March 13 -
House Speaker Paul Ryan has used a soft touch to win over rebellious conservatives. But, with his Obamacare replacement bill at stake, he’s delivering a tougher message: It’s time to fall in line.
March 9 -
U.S. retailers are coming off one of the worst Christmas-shopping seasons in recent memory, and now they have to deal with Paul Ryan.
March 3 -
Debate over a border-adjustment tax is consuming Washington, but another, less-discussed proposal in House Speaker Paul Ryan’s tax plan stands a better chance of being included in a GOP overhaul bill.
February 27 -
The Oracle of Omaha cast doubt on a controversial centerpiece of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s tax overhaul, saying the measure would lead to higher prices for consumers and likely be scaled back because it’s too politically contentious.
February 27 -
Grant Petersen’s Rivendell Bicycle Works has carved out a niche with rides that recall an era of leather, twine and beeswax. Now, a plan meant to boost U.S. manufacturing may stop it dead.
February 21 -
Not long after the Speaker of the House offered a full-throated affirmation of his tax overhaul, an influential conservative group announced a grassroots campaign against it.
February 17 -
Republican tax-writers have become tight-lipped about their schedule for advancing what they’ve called the biggest overhaul in three decades.
February 7 -
House Ways and Committee chairman Kevin Brady—fresh from a public-relations blitz aimed at selling a controversial plan for taxing U.S. businesses’ domestic sales and imports—now has to persuade his fellow Republicans in Congress.
January 26 -
Congressional Democrats say they’ll try to thwart Republican plans to overhaul the U.S. tax code by portraying them as a boon for the rich that betrays President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to fight for working Americans.
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