There could be a revised BCRA out this week, with a vote next week.

A back-room tax deal? The Wall Street Journal explains (paywall) how the fate of tax reform in the in the hands of six lawmakers.

In an updated analysis, the Tax Policy Center estimates that t he House Republican leadership’s 2016 tax blueprint would reduce economic output by 0.5 percent...

My family did Airbnb last month. We rented a nice cottage in northern Michigan. The price was right and it was comfortable…except for the ants. There weren’t a lot, but enough that I emailed the home owner/ host. She never responded but we dealt with it. After all, our expectations weren’t as high as if it were a hotel. Our host was sharing her home and we had a friendly, casual relationship. Or did we? When does sharing for a fee morph into something more formal?

If The GOP Must Cut Taxes As Part of Its Health Plan, Why Not Help Middle-Income Households? Let’s say you want to cut about $1...

Repeal and Replace: Sooner or later. Or just later. The GOP-led Senate does not have enough votes to pass the Better Care Reconciliation Act, its version of the House’s American Health Care Act.

CBO scores the coverage reductions. The Congressional Budget Office projects that 22 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 under the draft Senate bill. The plan’s tax cuts would cut federal revenues by about $700 billion over 10 years but reduce the deficit by about $300 billion over the period.