Republicans Worry They'll Lose Congress. Their Solution? Tax Cuts

Oct 18, 2017, 12:07 PM

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On paper, the budget resolution being considered in the Senate this week is a simple sketch for routine spending in the coming year. But like so much in Washington right now, the 89-page document is hardly as straightforward as it seems.

In fact, if Sen. Lindsey Graham is right, the future of Republicans depends on whether the GOP majority in Congress can gets its act together, sign-off on a largely symbolic budget and then use it to deliver on the promise of tax cuts.