Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly

One, President Donald Trump’s low poll numbers mean lawmakers don’t feel a powerful need to follow him. While Trump exaggerates and takes credit when he doesn’t deserve it, he regularly ties his image and his presidency to the story of jobs in America, a politically astute move. I think the sides are getting closer and closer together.

Here’s how it works in a nutshell: Before federal agencies can implement any new rules, they have to submit them to Congress. Legislators have 60 legislative days to review the rules; if they don’t like them, they can start a filibuster-proof joint resolution disapproving of the regulations. For 48 hours, some Hill Republicans – and Trump himself – spoke as if the president and the GOP could smoothly, seamlessly and swiftly pivot to tax reform. He writes a conservative column in the Washington Post.

All this has some truth to it. Like 50 per cent of Americans, Trump doesn’t exercise. And two, the splits within the party are about more than just details.

There are more potential roadblocks ahead.

The search for new options reflects a recognition of the political challenges facing a proposal known as a border-adjustment tax that the White House and some Republicans had begun to rally around.

But Trump, who rarely admits he’s wrong, has been unmoved, leaving his advisers in the untenable position of defending the president without any credible evidence.

The pulling of the health-care bill – brought on in part by opposition from folks like Dent – was a huge defeat for the president.

Many of his associates have defended Trump’s right to “relax”.

Since he took office in January, the POTUS has arranged several meeting with chief executives and other business leaders, asking how his administration can cut regulations to promote economic growth.

And at the other end of the spectrum, 42 of those House GOP districts gave Trump 66 percent or more of their vote – that’s 20 points better than Trump did nationally.

Anyhow, these alleged considerations may reflect the White House’s purported interest in bucking the GOP’s right flank and trying to win over moderate Democrats.

The Republican outline does not address the Obamacare taxes, with Speaker Paul Ryan saying those taxes remain with the health care legislation.

WASHINGTON (AP) – After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. The original travel ban, which was blocked by the courts, was the result of a laughably slapdash process that could not hide its anti-Muslim animus. Trump continues to jump from one issue to another. Now, on everything from tax reform to spending and infrastructure, they will likely try to pull their conservative leadership toward more centrist positions that will fly in their swing districts. The fact that the wall is also very unpopular probably makes this easier for them. Moreover, because a number of red-state Democrats are up for reelection in 2018, Senate Democrats may have fewer seats and even less leverage when the next Supreme Court vacancy occurs.

Alternatively, he could just do what George W. Bush did: Put a ten-year expiration date on a giant, deficit-expanding tax cut for the rich, and call it a day. But other aspects of his agenda are still in doubt.

“If the Trump Administration were to endorse this idea, they would not only be breaking a campaign commitment, but would essentially be negotiating against themselves on regulations”, said Tom Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance and former member of Trump’s transition team. A more disciplined president might recognize the loss as a signal that he needed to find some friends in Congress if he hoped to see any of his biggest projects turned into reality; instead Trump is engaged in a full-scale attack on the very people who, as one of their members tweeted back, “stood with u when others ran”. More important is whether the policies also benefit most taxpayers.

Why is Trump tanking?

It sounds just farfetched enough to be considered a conspiracy theory and yet there is freakish evidence cropping up all over the place that indicates that Russian Federation, if not directly involved with Donald Trump’s victory, at least played a role in sabotaging Hilary Clinton’s campaign.