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House Republicans say they aren’t close to agreeing on a budget blueprint they have to approve before they can move ahead with one of their top priorities: a tax overhaul.
May 22 -
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that any tax overhaul can’t add to the growing U.S. budget deficit, a position that places him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has called for a significant tax cut.
May 16 -
Republican senators said it’s unclear whether their chamber will repeal all of the taxes imposed under Obamacare as they set aside the health-care bill passed by the House and prepare to write their own from scratch.
May 9 -
The Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act now heads to the Senate for consideration.
May 5Thomson Reuters Checkpoint -
Passage of the House’s health-care bill gives the Obamacare repeal effort new life after months of wrangling, but key Republican senators are already pushing it aside to write their own bill with no clear timetable to act.
May 5 -
House Republicans mustered just enough votes to pass their health-care bill Thursday, salvaging what at times appeared to be a doomed mission to repeal and partially replace Obamacare under intense pressure from President Donald Trump to produce legislative accomplishments.
May 4 -
The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Budget, which opposes big budget deficits, believes the president's legislative strategy stems from a misconception.
April 13 -
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan say they’re ready to put tax reform at the top of their agendas.
March 25 -
Republicans abandoned their efforts to repeal and partially replace the ACA and plan to move on to tax reform.
March 24 -
Top Republicans are telling their fellow party members that not repealing the ACA could imperil tax reform efforts—and perhaps more of President Trump’s legislative agenda.
March 22