Republicans Face Tough Choice: Repeal Obamacare or Cut Taxes

  • Collapse of GOP’s Senate health bill leaves little time
  • Congress must pass spending, debt-ceiling measures in fall

Goolsbee Says Bannon Tax Plan Sounds Like Window Dressing

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After the collapse of the Obamacare repeal, Republicans may have to choose between pursuing another health bill or pushing through a tax overhaul this year, because there’s almost certainly not enough time to do both.

And that’s not even their biggest problem -- which is, they can’t agree on either. The Senate debate last week laid bare how sharply divided the party remains over health care. And Thursday, the group in charge of developing a tax plan made clear that it’s agreed on very little.