Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

May 2017

Source: New York Times
May 1, 2017
G.O.P. Likely to Go It Alone on Tax Overhaul Legislation
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Source: CNBC
May 1, 2017
Treasury's Mnuchin: Trump's Tax Cut Plan Eliminates All but Two Loopholes
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Source: Reuters
May 1, 2017
U.S. Congress Negotiators Set Spending Plan to Avert Shutdown, Bolster Defense
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April 2017

Source: The Hill
Apr 30, 2017
Pence: Tax Plan May Increase Deficit 'in the Short Term'
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Source: The Hill
Apr 28, 2017
Obamacare Repeal: GOP Seeks New Game Plan
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Source: Bloomberg Politics
Apr 27, 2017
Yellen May See Inflation Risk in Deficit-Busting Trump Tax Cuts
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 27, 2017
Spending Shutdown Showdown Fizzling Out
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Source: New York Times
Apr 26, 2017
White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates, Significantly Aiding Wealthy
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Source: New York Times
Apr 26, 2017
Hard-Line Republican Caucus Backs Revised Bill to Repeal Obamacare
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Source: Reuters
Apr 26, 2017
Congress Scrambles to Wrap Up Deal Averting Government Shutdown
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 26, 2017
Decision Day for Avoiding a Government Shutdown?
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 26, 2017
White House: Final Healthcare Deal Unlikely this Week
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Source: New York Times
Apr 25, 2017
Trump’s Tax Plan: Low Rate for Corporations, and for Companies Like His
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Source: CNBC
Apr 25, 2017
Consumer Confidence Lags in April as Americans are Less Optimistic about Economy
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Source: CNN
Apr 25, 2017
White House Sends Mixed Signals on Border Wall Funding
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 24, 2017
Trump Seeks 15 Percent Corporate Tax Rate, Even if it Swells the National Debt
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Source: The Hill
Apr 24, 2017
Trump Team to Meet with Congressional Leaders on Tax Reform
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 23, 2017
Showdown Looms as Trump Demands Funding for Wall on U.S.-Mexico Border
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Source: Bloomberg
Apr 23, 2017
White House Still Pressing to Hold Obamacare Vote this Week
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Source: Bloomberg
Apr 23, 2017
Mulvaney Says Trump Tax Plan Details Won’t be Ready Until June
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Source: Bloomberg
Apr 22, 2017
Trump’s Plan Can Cut Taxes, But Only Temporarily
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Source: Morning Consult
Apr 20, 2017
Net Interest Tax Write-Off Could Draw Business Battle Lines in Tax Reform
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Source: POLITICO
Apr 20, 2017
White House Demands Disrupt Shutdown Negotiations
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Source: Reuters
Apr 20, 2017
Trump Tax Plan to Rely on Future U.S. Growth to Fund Cuts: Officials
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Source: New York Times
Apr 20, 2017
White House Officials, Craving Progress, Push Revised Health Bill
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