White House officials are getting pushback from budget experts for their claim that the $4 trillion tax-cut and spending bill being advanced by Republicans will not add to the deficit because it will stoke economic growth.

The skepticism, even among many tax-cut proponents, about the fiscal effects of the legislation is a significant obstacle to passage of the legislation.

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