GOP/SENATE/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior U.S. Republican senator said on Wednesday [4-18-18] he would strongly oppose any plan to make permanent the temporary individual tax cuts that are included in a tax overhaul recently passed by Congress…Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress are moving forward with a plan to vote, before the 2018 midterm elections, on a bill to make permanent the temporary individual tax cuts in their recent tax overhaul. It is not yet clear, however, if the plan would pick up support from Democrats, whose votes would be needed to pass legislation in the Senate. Corker’s comments indicated that the plan would also face resistance from some Republicans.”
–Reuters Staff, “Republican senator opposes making temporary tax cuts permanent,” Reuters, April 18, 2018 6:52 am