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highplainsdem

(62,159 posts)
Wed Nov 1, 2017, 01:36 PM Nov 2017

'The Cut Cut Cut Act': Trump, Hill leaders differ on tax reform bill name [View all]

Source: ABC

President Donald Trump has told senior congressional leadership that he wants to name the forthcoming tax reform bill the “The Cut Cut Cut Act,” a senior administration official tells ABC News.

Less than 24 hours before the bill is slated to be revealed, the name of the bill has still not been settled and there is still dispute over the name, according to a senior congressional aide and a senior White House official. The sources said it’s been decided that the Ways and Means Committee will have the final say over the name.

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Ryan initially kicked the naming over to Trump because of his penchant towards branding, according to a senior Hill aide.

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Trump has been insistent that the bill be called “The Cut Cut Cut Act.”

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hill-leaders-disagree-upcoming-tax-reform-bill/story?id=50863220

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