GOP:- Dem hikes risk tax reform

from www.thehill.com
By Bernie Becker
GOP senators are signaling that tax reform is a lost cause until Democrats give up their push for higher taxes.

A number of them have given the chamber’s two top tax writers no suggestions for tax breaks to be retained, and several top Republican senators said they don’t plan to.

It is a clear sign that many GOP senators agree with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who this week said he did not think a major overhaul would get done.

The stumbling block for Republicans is their belief that Democrats will insist that higher revenues be included in any reform bill.

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