GOP Mum On Medicare Cuts Triggered By Tax Bill, But Pay-Go Waiver Eyed For Year-End Omnibus

By Ariel Cohen / November 17, 2017 at 5:13 PM
Senate Republicans are focused on passing tax reform legislation, regardless of the $25 billion in Medicare cuts that it would trigger, while Democrats are focused on defeating the tax bill and aren't saying whether they'd help Republicans override the Medicare cuts separately from the tax bill. If tax reform is enacted, Republicans would likely include a Medicare-cut override in a year-end omnibus bill to make it difficult for Democrats to oppose the override. On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office reported...


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