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House GOP Seeks to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent

October 28, 2022 at 8:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“House Republicans on the chief tax-writing Ways and Means Committee are seeking to make the tax cuts and adjustments enacted in the 2017 overhaul of the tax system permanent, a move economists say would stimulate the economy at the same time the Federal Reserve is trying to rein in demand against 40-year-high inflation,” The Hill reports.

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