Conservative groups criticize ‘flawed’ score for GOP tax bill

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Several conservative groups argued Thursday that a late-arriving score for the Senate Republican tax cut bill overestimated how much the national debt would grow under the bill, and said Republicans shouldn’t hesitate to vote for the bill.

The Joint Committee on Taxation said the bill would add more than $1 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, even after agreeing that the cuts would lead to faster economic growth.

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