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March 26, 2017 By Taegan Goddard
Stan Collender: Many of the very same pressures that stopped the GOPs American Health Care Act dead in its tracks will be present again with tax reform. As a result, unlike what many analysts were saying just a few days ago, corporate tax reform this year not only is no longer a sure thing , it has to be considered to be in trouble.
But there will be one big difference between Obamacare and tax reform: it wont be as easy for Congress to pass a budget resolution in May or June as it was for it to adopt a budget resolution this past January and, without one, the reconciliation procedures wont be available.
The reason for that difficulty? The January fiscal 2017 budget resolution was largely pro forma; it made no substantive policy changes and was done just to get reconciliation instructions in place for ACA repeal. Many House and Senate Republicans held their noses and voted for it even though it had high deficits and what they considered to be excessive spending levels only so the AAC repeal debate could get underway. By contrast, the fiscal 2018 budget resolution that Congress will consider later this year will be the real thing, with deficits and spending levels that will be anything but acceptable to many representatives and senators.
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underpants
(182,877 posts)The Teabag/Freedom Caucus is like a faulty kickstand. It doesn't stop the bike it just makes keeping the tires rolling a hassle.
Trump giving up on the Teabaggers enlarges the Dems position and power. No 3 level chess going on - he's a fool to get rid of his majority in the House. Those Freedom Caucus people are often the heroes of Trump core root base too.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)and Pelosi-wing of DEMs is as large as that between "moderate" House Republicans and the Freedom Caucus. A necessary compromise will damage both Pelosi and Ryan within their respective parties. I feel that the best approach is see is DEMs can get a good deal (which will load a bad deal on Ryan). If not, back away and let the Repugs fight it out.