The Biggest Sticking Points Between Senate and House Tax Bills

Temporary tax cuts, business income breaks top list of issues
Lawmakers’ next task is to reach compromise on provisions

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan listens while Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell speaks to the press after meetings with President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 27, 2017.
Photographer: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP

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By Sahil Kapur

December 2, 2017 at 6:51 AM UTC

Updated on

December 2, 2017 at 7:23 AM UTC

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Expiring tax cuts, business perks and health care politics loom over House and Senate Republicans as they face the daunting task of hammering out the differences between their competing bills to rewrite the U.S. tax code.

Different versions of the bill passed the Senate and House with only Republicans’ votes, and the GOP can’t afford to lose too many supporters in the negotiations as they seek a compromise. The party can spare only 22 votes in the House and two in the Senate.