Senate GOP Wants to Pass Tax Plan by Thanksgiving, Cornyn Says
House Passes Budget Setting Up Heated Tax Debate
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Senators may have to change their Thanksgiving plans -- they may wind up staying in Washington at least part of the week to pass a tax-cut bill, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Thursday.
“We need to get the tax bill out of the Senate by Thanksgiving,” Cornyn, the Senate’s second-ranking Republican, told reporters. He said the Senate Finance Committee probably will start considering a bill during the week of Nov. 13 -- a week later than the House Ways and Means Committee will start on that chamber’s version. Currently, both houses plan to leave town for the full Thanksgiving week.