Updates | The Week of May 1, 2017
Sarah Mahmood // 5/7/17 //
The House Freedom Caucus has begun crafting a tax reform proposal (Politico).
Republicans may use the “Byrd Rule” to pass the President’s proposed tax bill, says Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine.
Congressional Republicans are pursuing a tax plan far different than the principles provided by President Trump last week, reports Russell Berman at The Atlantic.
President Trump’s tax proposal is a more damaging return to Reaganomics, argues Steven Rattner (NYT).
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Daniel Mitchell (CATO@Liberty) partially disagrees.