Administration eyes tax reform workaround: A longer budget

Published May 24, 2017 10:43pm ET



The Trump administration says it is open to an unusually long congressional budget window as a workaround to the legislative obstacles to tax reform.

Writing a budget longer than the standard 10 years would allow Congress to pass a revenue-losing tax reform of that length without needing any Democratic votes, making the change close to permanent.

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