Gary Fineout, Associated Press Updated 5:50 pm CDT, Thursday, September 13, 2018 FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2017, file photo, homes and other buildings destroyed by Hurricane Maria lie in ruins in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Top Florida Republicans have been quick to say President Donald Trump is wrong about the death toll in Puerto Rico. less FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2017, file photo, homes and other buildings destroyed by Hurricane Maria lie in ruins in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Top Florida Republicans have been quick to say President Donald Trump is ... more Photo: Gerald Herbert, AP FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2018, file photo, Republican candidate for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis smiles during an airboat tour of the Florida Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Top Florida Republicans have been quick to say President Donald Trump is wrong about the death toll in Puerto Rico. DeSantis, who won the GOP primary for … [Read more...] about Trump tweets roil Florida GOP’s play for Puerto Rican voters
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Estimate: Second GOP tax cut would add $3.8T to the deficit
By The Washington Post | PUBLISHED: September 13, 2018 at 3:31 pm | UPDATED: September 13, 2018 at 3:33 pm By Jeff Stein | Washington Post WASHINGTON – A second round of Republican tax cuts would add an additional $3.2 trillion to the federal deficit over a decade, according to a new report released by a centrist think-tank. The package was taken up by a House committee on Thursday and is expected to head to a vote on the floor later this month. The GOP’s “tax reform 2.0” would make permanent many of the individual and estate tax provisions in the tax law Republicans passed last fall, which the Congressional Budget Office said would already add about $1.9 trillion to the deficit, factoring for interest costs. The second round of cuts would cost $631 billion before 2028 and an additional $3.15 trillion in the decade after that, according to the Tax Policy Center. The finding was somewhat larger than the $2.4 trillion cost over 10 years projected by the Tax … [Read more...] about Estimate: Second GOP tax cut would add $3.8T to the deficit
House GOP ‘screwed’ as bad political numbers pile on Trump
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE WASHINGTON — The political numbers look bad — very bad — for President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans less than two months from the midterm elections. Or, in the succinct estimation of one veteran GOP strategist to NBC News, the House GOP is already "screwed." Several reputable polls released in the last week have placed Trump's approval rating below 40 percent, meaning there aren't many people outside his base who think he's doing a great job. Recent generic ballot surveys, which measure whether voters want Republicans or Democrats in control of Congress, have pointed to a Democratic advantage ranging from 10 points to 14 points. Polls in several individual House and Senate races in states where Trump romped to victory in 2016 show tight races. And Fox News polls in five Senate races in states where Trump won … [Read more...] about House GOP ‘screwed’ as bad political numbers pile on Trump
Debate on new tax cuts undercut by GOP election pressure
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are debating a Republican proposal to expand the new tax law by making permanent the individual tax cuts now set to expire in 2026. But the move is undercut by election pressures faced by GOP lawmakers from high-tax states where residents are hurt by the law's limits on state and local tax deductions. The tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee took up the legislation Thursday. Prospects for the measure, which Democrats unanimously oppose, are dim in the Senate — and it may not come to a vote by the full House before the November elections. House Republican leaders are portraying the second crack at tax cuts as championing the middle class and small businesses. … [Read more...] about Debate on new tax cuts undercut by GOP election pressure
Kasich: GOP Lawmakers Serve the People, not the President
Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich said GOP lawmakers need to realize they must serve the people and “not a political party or a president.” Kasich made his comments in a tweet posted on Thursday. He wrote: “Republicans must realize they are in office to serve their constituents, not a political party or a president. They are there to do the right thing.” The tweet was accompanied by a clip of Kasich being interviewed on MSNBC by Chris Matthews on Wednesday, where he added: “The Republicans are having trouble because people don’t want chaos. They don’t want all this fighting. They don’t want all this name-calling.” … [Read more...] about Kasich: GOP Lawmakers Serve the People, not the President