Republican eyes cuts to tax benefits if Donald Trump wins election

John Cornyn, a Republican senator from Texas, suggested the U.S. needs to take a look at where it can reduce mandatory government spending as a way to deal with its debt. Cornyn, a contender to become the next Republican leader in the Senate, suggested to The Hill that the party will also need to examine tax loopholes that could be closed should GOP nominee Donald Trump regain power and the Republicans win control of the upper legislative chamber. "We've tried to deal with spending, just looking at discretionary spending. Actually,...