Dealt a Defeat, Republicans Set Their Sights on Major Tax Cuts - The New York Times
Alan Rappeport
In a rare shift, Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina, whose House Freedom Caucus effectively torpedoed the health legislation, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that he would not protest if tax cuts were not offset by new spending cuts or new streams of revenue, such as an import tax.
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