Month: October 2017

Will the Republicans Pass Tax Cuts?

I feel a lot of pressure when people ask me if the Republicans will succeed in passing tax cuts through Congress using the budget reconciliation process. To understand why, a good place to start is the front-page piece the New...

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House Budget Negotiations Come to Nothing

Back on September 12th, when I wrote Tax Reform and the Politics of Tennessee, I noted that House Budget Committee chairwoman Diane Black was delaying her plans to run for governor in order to hammer out a deal on the budget...

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