“Several senior White House officials have begun discussing whether to push for a temporary payroll tax cut as a way to arrest an economic slowdown, three people familiar with the discussions said, revealing the growing concerns by President Trump’s top economic aides,” the Washington Post reports.
“The talks are still in their early stages, and the officials have not decided whether to formally push Congress to approve the cut.”


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