GOP negotiators are still hammering out the final details of the party’s tax plan, in a reported effort to have the proposal on President Trump’s desk by next week. A CBS News poll from last week found that 53 percent of people nationwide disapprove of the GOP tax bill, while only 35 percent approve.
Democrats argue that the bill raises the national deficit over $1 trillion, hurts the middle class, and makes the rich richer. Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) added another woe to the mounting list: the proposed tax reform would actually hinder Trump’s aggressive military buildup promises.
“The American people are the losers under this bill,” he said, enumerating all of the issues he sees with the proposed legislation. “In addition, in a state like mine (Virginia), where military spending is so important, they’re robbing the military as well from buildup.”
For full interview [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/rep-donald-mceachin-d-va-says-the-gop-tax-plan-has-caused-the-party-to-lose-all-credibility).
Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director and founder of Skybridge Capital, talked to Cheddar about his
With control of the Senate hanging in the balance, the increasingly important Latino vote has become a primary target for both Republicans and Democrats in the Peach State.
Britain has become the latest nation to abolish the so-called “tampon tax.”
AP compiled a fact check of President Donald Trump's dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia's secretary of state.
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election.
Ultimately, 2020 filled our headlines and timelines with a myriad of political talking points from impeachment to the election to COVID relief. Here are the 11 biggest political moments of the year.
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The race to vaccinate millions of Americans is off to a slower, messier start than public health officials and leaders of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed had expected.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has shut the door on President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks.
Luke Letlow, Louisiana's incoming Republican member of the U.S. House, died Tuesday night from complications related to COVID-19 only days before he would have been sworn into office.
