Tag: Republicans

President Trump calls congressional Democrats "obstructionists" for not understanding the "power of lower taxes." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump rips Democrats for failing to grasp ‘the power of lower taxes’

Anna Giaritelli · November 17, 2017 12:53 pm

Tax bill heads to Senate floor, with GOP needing to shore up support

Joseph Lawler · November 17, 2017 4:34 am

The Senate Tax Bill Still Includes Paid Family Leave

Alice B. Lloyd · November 16, 2017 8:52 pm

Tax Reform Passes the House Without a Single Democratic Vote

John McCormack · November 16, 2017 8:36 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., followed at right by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., walks past boxes of petitions supporting the Republican tax reform bill that is set for a vote later this week as he arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes tax reform, puts pressure on Senate

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2017 6:48 pm

President Trump plans to visit Capitol Hill on Thursday to "rally the troops in his own way" to get momentum behind House Republicans' tax reform bill. He is not expected to demand any changes or negotiate the details of the bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to rally House Republicans in favor of tax reform

Sarah Bedford · November 16, 2017 5:01 am

"We've got to get on with keeping our promise, and one of the chief promises we made when we ran for office in 2016 was that we would do tax reform and tax cuts for families, for people, and so we've got to get on with that," House Speaker Paul Ryan said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans have tax reform in the bag

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2017 5:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he has no interest in his old Senate seat, despite Republican leaders in Congress floating his name as a write-in candidate for the Alabama special election in December. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions said to not be interested in write-in campaign to replace Roy Moore

Daniel Chaitin · November 16, 2017 3:56 am

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, was critical of the Republican tax reform plan on Wednesday. The legislation in the House and Senate carries high political stakes for President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress, who view passage of tax cuts as critical to the GOP's success at the polls next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare fight consumes Senate tax debate

Robert King · November 16, 2017 12:31 am

The individual mandate hasn't compelled nearly as many people to enroll as analysts once expected. Roughly 24 million people were expected to buy insurance through Obamacare's exchanges by 2017. In reality, barely 10 million were enrolled as of this March. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

There’s no reason for Congress not to repeal the individual mandate in tax reform

Sally Pipes · November 15, 2017 10:26 pm

Repealing the Obamacare individual mandate as part of tax reform appeases conservative senators, but its other lawmakers -- like Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. -- that need appeasing. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

Putting individual mandate repeal in the tax reform bill only complicates the GOP’s efforts

James Wallner · November 15, 2017 10:00 pm

"I'm not going to vote for this tax package," Johnson told the Wall Street Journal. His office didn't respond to a request for comment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ron Johnson first GOP senator to say he’ll oppose tax reform bill

Joseph Lawler · November 15, 2017 9:17 pm