GOP Plans to Put Tax Cuts at Forefront of 2018 Campaign
- Party leaders seeking to head off Democratic gains in House
- November elections will determine control of House and Senate
The 2018 midterms look good for Democrats
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Congressional Republicans spent their two-day retreat in West Virginia hashing out their priorities for the rest of the year, and No. 1 on the list was holding on to their majorities in the House and Senate.
With President Donald Trump’s stubbornly low approval ratings and historical trends suggesting they’ll lose seats in the November mid-term elections, party leaders told lawmakers their salvation lies in hammering on the message that the tax cuts passed at the end of last year are putting more money in voters’ pockets.