Daily Deduction

“To Conference, To Conference, To Make a Tax Bill”

December 4, 2017 –

The Senate passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. After the GOP leadership made a flurry of last-minute changes, the Senate early Saturday morning passed its version of the nearly 500-page bill.

Will the Senate GOP pass its costly TCJA?

December 1, 2017 –

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Not going to pay for itself. The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation’s dynamic score of the Senate’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act estimates that the bill would increase the federal debt by $1 trillion over ten years.

TCJA debate begins, and the bill changes

November 30, 2017 –

On the Senate floor… Senate debate began late yesterday on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bill is still changing, too.

Getting to Yes: Senate GOP Leadership rounds up the votes for their tax cut

November 29, 2017 –

Finding tax bill votes. The Senate Budget Committee OK’d the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for a floor vote that could come this week.

Senate TCJA in Flux, Redux

November 28, 2017 –

How much will the Senate tax bill change over the next three days?

The Senate GOP plans a vote this week on the TCJA.

November 27, 2017 –

The Finance Committee bill heads for the floor. President Trump will visit Capitol Hill tomorrow as the Senate begins debate on the Finance panel’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Tax Bills Proceed, Scoreless and Unpopular

November 20, 2017 –

“Tax cuts will pay for themselves, believe me.”

TCJA Steams Along in the House and Senate

November 17, 2017 –

The House passes its version of the TCJA. By a vote of 227 to 205, Republicans advanced a $1.5 trillion tax cut for individuals and businesses.

TCJA: So much action!

November 16, 2017 –

The House and Senate tax bills move along. The Senate Finance Committee continues to slog through its ever-changing version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

A Disappearing TCJ Act?

November 15, 2017 –

Now you see it... Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch has come up with his solution to his tax bill's Byrd rule problem.