Month: November 2017
The Republican tax plan is in trouble
Republicans desperately need to pass tax reform. After multiple failed attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, Republicans in Congress have to prove they can get something done, especially when their party controls the White House and both chambers of Congress.
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans announced they will attempt to repeal the individual mandate that requires Americans to be covered by health insurance in order to pay for the massive corporate tax cut ...
GOP economic adviser: Tax cuts most…
Republicans trillion dollar tax cut is being paid for by cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and even some Republicans don’t know that. Bush Admin. Economist Bruce Bartlett and Obama White House veteran Ron Klain join Ari Melber.
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House Republicans set to pass massive package of tax cuts
House Republicans are set to pass a massive package of corporate and individual tax cuts on Thursday. Democrats were fuming on Wednesday when Republicans in the Senate put out their own tax plan that would repeal Obamacare's individual mandate. The mandate requires most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty on their tax returns. Nancy Cordes reports.
A tax cut, but for whom? Republican plans favor business.
Senate and House leaders say their tax cuts will boost economic growth and household incomes. But Senate plan would undercut Obamacare and allow middle-class tax cuts to expire, while making cuts for corporations permanent.
GOP tax plan in trouble after Republican senator says he won’t back it
A second senator said it was a ‘mistake’ for the bill to repeal a part of Obamacare.