{"id":2079,"date":"2017-10-24T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/24\/gop-tax-push-falls-into-chaos\/"},"modified":"2017-10-24T18:46:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T18:46:00","slug":"gop-tax-push-falls-into-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/gop-tax-push-falls-into-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Tax Push Falls Into Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This morning Senator Corker and Trump got into a feud after Corker said he hoped Trump would stay out of the tax debate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/republican-sen-bob-corker-stands-criticism-trump-white\/story?id=50675996\">CORKER<\/a>: &ldquo;What I hope is going to happen is the president will leave this effort, if you will, to the tax-writing committees, let them do their work and not begin taking things off the table that ought to be debated in these committees at the proper time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/922798321739161600\">TRUMP<\/a>: &ldquo;Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal &amp; couldn&#39;t get elected dog catcher in Tennessee, is now fighting Tax Cuts&#8230;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Republicans can&rsquo;t govern and, like everything else they try to do, their tax push is quickly falling into chaos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-10-24\/white-house-s-muddled-tax-message-clouds-pitch-for-trump-plan\">Bloomberg<\/a>: &ldquo;The White House&rsquo;s inconsistent tax messages are keeping everyone guessing&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/trumps-promises-narrow-gops-options-on-tax-bill\/2017\/10\/23\/316331b2-b80e-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.c33d893848e0\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s promises narrow options on tax bill&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-tax-cuts-reform-retirement-savings.html?_r=0\">New York Times<\/a>: &ldquo;Cutting taxes is hard. Trump is making it harder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Needless to say, today&rsquo;s Senate policy lunch should be fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/10\/24\/politics\/donald-trump-republicans-tax-reform\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: &ldquo;President Donald Trump and Capitol Hill Republicans are giving it another whirl &#8212; because they&#39;ve got no other choice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Senator Corker and Trump got into a feud after Corker said he hoped Trump would stay out of the tax debate. 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