Podcast: Trip Wires Await the GOP Tax Proposals

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Podcast: Trip Wires Await the GOP Tax Proposals

The Week Ahead, Episode 79

From left, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, participate in the Senate Finance Committee markup of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Shawn Zeller, Niels Lesniewski and Lindsey McPherson

Posted November 17, 2017 at 3:49pm

Roll Call reporters Lindsey McPherson and Niels Lesniewski, who cover the House and Senate, walk us through the hurdles that Republicans have to overcome to pass the legislation.

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Show Notes:

Murkowski Suggests Tax Vote Depends on Stabilizing Individual Health Insurance Market
JCT: Low-Income Households Worse Off Under New Senate Tax Plan
See Hatch and Brown’s Fiery Tax Bill Skirmish

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