GOP Tax Plan Puts Lawmakers in Bind Over Medicare Spending Cuts
Senate's Ron Johnson Opposes Tax Plan as Now Written
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Senate Republicans may face a political problem in the final push for their tax-cut plan, and they might need Democrats to help fix it.
The Congressional Budget Office says the $1.5 trillion tax-cut proposal would trigger $25 billion in automatic spending cuts next year to Medicare, plus another $111 billion in reductions to other programs, including farm subsidies. That’s because of a law known as Paygo.