Debt Panel at ‘Impasse’ as Democrats Reject Republican Plan
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Democrats criticized a Republican plan to cut the U.S. deficit by overhauling the tax code as a windfall for the wealthy even as the plan signaled a new willingness by Republicans to include tax revenue in any agreement to slash the deficit.
A Democratic staff analysis said the plan would lower rates for high-income Americans while raising taxes on the middle class. Republicans say the plan includes $300 billion in higher tax revenue to help cut the deficit, most of which would come from reducing tax breaks for the wealthy.