Economics
These Eight Senators Can Make or Break the GOP Tax Plan
- Concerns center on partnerships, deficits and health care
- Senate’s top tax writer foresees ‘tough, tough time’
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U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet Tuesday with Senate Republicans in a crucial week for his presidency and his tax plan that could decide whether he ends his first year with a major legislative achievement.
Last-minute threats to the tax cuts that Trump has promised since early in his long-shot presidential campaign are looming among Senate Republicans. Concerns center on the taxation of partnerships, limited liabilities and other companies; on the overall cost of the tax bill itself; and on a familiar GOP stumbling block -- Obamacare.