Headline Roundup • November 17th, 2017
Tax Overhaul Fight Goes to Senate
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The House just passed a bill that would overhaul the U.S. tax system. Now it's the Senate's turn to consider tax overhaul legislation.
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After House Victory, Tax-Overhaul Fight Now Goes to Senate
Wall Street Journal (News)
News
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would usher in the most far-reaching overhaul of the U.S. tax system in 31 years, a plan that would reduce the corporate tax rate to its lowest point since 1939 and cut individual taxes for most households in 2018.
Fiery exchange erupts at Senate tax session: ‘Don’t spew that stuff on me’
Fox News Digital
News
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch has had enough of Democrats accusing GOP senators of pushing tax reform to benefit “the rich.”
'Biggest tax cut in American history' isn't popular with many Americans
Washington Post
News
The Senate plan has significant problems of its own when it comes to lower- and middle-income workers.
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