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Capitol Hill on Thune control
The 2017 tax cuts are likely to be renewed, not expire at the end of the year, thus avoiding a $4.5 trillion tax hike.
How Thune’s involvement tipped the scales in the House budget resolution fight
Senate Majority Leader John Thune pushed the budget resolution over the finish line after promising to adhere to the House's ...
GOP faces tough trade-offs on spending and taxes as it writes sweeping bill
Given Republicans' contradictory desires regarding fiscal legislation, reconciliation will require some hard choices.
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House approves budget framework, kickstarting work on Trump's domestic agenda
House Republicans narrowly adopted a multitrillion dollar budget framework on Thursday, paving the way for lawmakers to begin ...
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How Thune’s involvement tipped the scales in the House budget resolution fight
This process allows the GOP to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda and easily bypass the 60-vote filibuster in the ... from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).
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GOP Leaders Pledge Massive Spending Cuts As House Advances Trump Agenda
The House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Thursday morning to pass a resolution establishing a budget ...
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Budget vote postponed in House as GOP works to quell revolt
Conservative holdouts met separately with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and his leadership ... to preserve a reconciliation bill’s filibuster-proof privileges.
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4 Senate Republicans warn against ‘full-scale’ repeal of energy tax credits
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), John Curtis (Utah), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Jerry Moran (Kan.). Their letter, addressed to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R ... avoiding the filibuster’s 60-vote ...