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Trump still hasn't endorsed a plan to avoid impending Obamacare hikes for millions PoliticoSome Americans might get $1,500 to cover health bills. Who qualifies? USA TodayTrump backs Senate GOP bill to give Americans $1,500 checks for health care — here's who qualifies New York PostTrump interrupts female reporter question: ‘Don't be dramatic' The Independent
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House Gives Bipartisan Approval to $900 Billion Defense Bill The New York TimesDespite opposition, US House passes record $901bn defence spending bill Al JazeeraCompromise NDAA would let DoD promote civilians faster, increase cyber pay Federal News NetworkHouse passes defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases AP News
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WHAT are Republican lawmakers in politics to achieve? Not many years ago, at the peak of their outrage over Barack Obama''s economic stimulus package, 'balanced budgets' might have featured in the answer. But the frenzied passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through Congress has revealed the insincerity of the party''s fiscal moralising. Republicans in Congress do not oppose government borrowing when it suits them. Rather, the overarching policy objective that unifies them is cutting taxes—and damn the fiscal consequences. Following the passage of the tax bill through the Senate in the early hours of December 2nd, Republicans are on the brink of achieving their goal.On November 30th budget scorekeepers unveiled a forecast for how much extra economic growth the tax bill might spark: enough to pay for about one third of its $1.5trn cost. Previously, Republicans might have viewed this projection as a triumph. They have long pressed for budget forecasts to include such 'dynamic' effects (see blog). But the score briefly seemed to imperil the bill. It undermined the absurd claim, made by the Republican leadership and the Trump administration, that tax cuts would pay for themselves in full. No serious economist ever thought this credible. Yet the official score seemed to blow Republicans'' ...
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