Republicans can have their tax cuts and benefits, too
- House Republicans passed a budget plan to extend expiring tax cuts this year.
- Lawmakers seek spending cuts to offset the cost of extending the tax reductions.
- The plan aims for $2 trillion in cuts and directs a committee to find $880 billion in savings.
- Extending tax cuts could increase deficit spending by $4.5 trillion, while a Medicare proposal could save $150 billion.
- Medicaid and Medicare enrollees could lose coverage, while Medicare's trust fund faces insolvency by 2036.
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Republicans can have their tax cuts and benefits, too
Congressional Republicans face some tough math. They want to extend tax cuts, set to expire this year, that would add perhaps $4.5 trillion in new deficit spending. To offset such extravagance, they plan to come up with $2 trillion in…
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