“President Trump’s tax-cut plans are grinding through Congress in slow motion. The tax cuts themselves aren’t really the reason why,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Republicans, who control the House and Senate, are divided over the size of spending reductions that accompany tax cuts, which budgetary yardstick they use and whether a debt-ceiling increase should be attached. The Senate still hasn’t fully blessed the House strategy to pass one bill that would address the fiscal matters along with border security, after months of debate over whether to split Trump’s priorities into two or even three party-line bills.”
“Until all the questions are formally resolved with an agreement between House and Senate Republicans, Congress can’t unlock the door to the fast-track process that circumvents Senate Democrats. And until they unlock that door—which could take weeks or months—Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’ is stranded outside in the cold, straining relations between the chambers and testing some lawmakers’ patience.”
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