Republicans Worry About Keeping Trump’s Middle-Class Tax Promise
- N.Y. lawmaker: specifics needed on child tax credit increase
- ‘We simply haven’t settled’ on details, OMB head Mulvaney says
Collins: GOP Committed to Middle Class on Taxes
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Republican lawmakers in red and blue states are expressing unease over the limited details about middle-class relief in the tax framework their leaders released last month, which has raised difficult questions about how to prevent some middle-income Americans from paying more due to fewer tax breaks.
As one example, the lack of specifics on how much to raise the child tax credit by has led to "frustration" among GOP lawmakers, said Representative Chris Collins, a New York Republican and ally of President Donald Trump. The early concern previews the political arguments that will surround tax legislation as Congress focuses in on it.