What’s Going On With Tax Reform?

Published April 11, 2017 9:00am ET



While the Trump administration’s second attempt at repealing Obamacare sits in a holding pattern as Congress is in recess, attention has turned to the other major legislative goal for Republicans in Washington: tax reform. Except, the Associated Press reported Monday, Trump has “scrapped” his tax plan from the campaign and has gone “back to the drawing board” for a new plan.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer denied this in his Monday briefing. “I think that what you’re seeing is us going through this process of his economic team, everyone from Secretary Mnuchin to Secretary Ross to Gary Cohn and others, sitting down internally and beginning that process of meeting with groups that have been advocating for tax reform since 1986…and starting to meet with outside groups, industry groups, individuals, members of Congress, to get their input,” Spicer said.

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