As the Senate version of the Republican tax reform bill made its way through the legislative process this weekend, Gallup documented a highly partisan imbalance in Americans’ reactions. Seven percent of Democrats and 25% of independents polled Friday and Saturday say they approve of the proposed changes to the federal […] Read more »
Emerging GOP Divisions on President Trump Loom Over 2018 and 2020 Elections
The eighth annual American Values Survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), released this morning at an event with The Brookings Institution, finds fractures in the Republican Party over the Trump Presidency. Approximately one in three Republicans surveyed (31 percent) say they would prefer the 2020 Republican nominee be […] Read more »
How will the tax reform legislation impact the middle class?
Julie Pace, Ramesh Ponnuru, Ron Brownstein, and Ezra Klein discuss the political impact tax reform legislation could have on the Republican Party and what Flynn’s plea deal means for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Face the Nation, CBS News Read more »
‘This is class warfare’: Tax vote sparks political brawl over populism that will carry into 2018 elections
The Senate Republicans’ chaotic late-night vote Friday to overhaul the tax system widened the country’s partisan divisions Saturday — sparking a political grudge match that lawmakers vowed to carry into next year’s midterm elections. … Democrats see an opening for an attack on President Trump and Republicans as allies of […] Read more »
The GOP doesn’t care if you like their tax plan. Here’s why
Protesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill on Nov. 28, 2017. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite David C. Barker, American University School of International Service Congressional Republicans’ collective sigh of relief after passing tax legislation may seem confusing. Won’t voters hold them accountable in 2018 for passing such an […] Read more »
GOP Tax Cuts Are Driven by Politics, Not Economics
Congressional Republicans have convinced themselves that they need to pass a tax bill ASAP. Having failed to repeal and replace Obamacare and made little if any progress on either a border wall or a major infrastructure program—President Trump’s two other stated objectives for the year—they don’t want to head into […] Read more »