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Senate GOP Pushes Plan to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent

4/1/2025

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Senate Republicans are pushing forward a bold budget plan to cement President Trump's 2017 tax cuts as permanent, leveraging a contentious "current policy baseline" that may allow them to claim the cuts cost nothing. This tactic, which has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats, could lead to a dramatic rise in the national debt, with a vote looming on the horizon.

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Senate Republicans are pushing forward a bold budget plan to cement President Trump's 2017 tax cuts as permanent, leveraging a contentious "current policy baseline" that may allow them to claim the cuts cost nothing. This tactic, which has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats, could lead to a dramatic rise in the national debt, with a vote looming on the horizon.