Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

October 2017

Source: Reuters
Oct 12, 2017
Republicans Eye Alternatives for Getting to 20 Percent Corporate Tax Rate
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Source: NBC News
Oct 11, 2017
Challenges Pile Up for Republicans on Tax Reform
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Source: Washington Post
Oct 11, 2017
Senate GOP Struggles to Hold Budget Coalition Together, Imperiling Trump’s Tax Cut Ambitions
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Source: CNBC
Oct 10, 2017
US Small-cap Firms Look to Spend Tax Savings on Tech, not Jobs
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Source: The Hill
Oct 9, 2017
Goldman Sachs: Tax Cuts Would Only Boost Growth 0.2 Points
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Source: The Hill
Oct 9, 2017
US Deficit Spending Reached $668 Billion in Fiscal 2017
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Source: NPR
Oct 6, 2017
U.S. Jobs Dropped By 33,000 In September, Likely Due To Storms
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Source: Bloomberg
Oct 5, 2017
Trump Slows Efforts to Cut Healthcare Costs
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Source: Reuters
Oct 5, 2017
Fed Officials Take Aim at Tax Cuts as Trump Mulls New Central Bank Chair
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Source: Washington Post
Oct 5, 2017
House Passes 2018 Budget, Taking a Crucial Step Toward Tax Overhaul
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Source: Roll Call
Oct 5, 2017
What It Costs: 2017 Tax Overhaul Edition
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Source: New York Times
Oct 4, 2017
Fear of Federal Debt Has Faded, but Risks Remain
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Source: Washington Post
Oct 4, 2017
Republicans Race to Negotiate the Future of Popular Tax Breaks While Shoring up party unity
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Source: Reuters
Oct 4, 2017
U.S. Budget Deficit Could Obstruct Trump's Tax Cut Plan
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Source: New York Times
Oct 3, 2017
Republicans Are Reconsidering Full Repeal of State and Local Tax Deduction
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Source: Roll Call
Oct 3, 2017
Senate Considers Broadening Budget Resolution
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Source: Associated Press
Oct 3, 2017
GOP Panel Chief Not Saying Yet if Tax Cuts Retroactive
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Source: Bloomberg
Oct 2, 2017
Trump Tax Plan Probably Credit Negative for U.S., Moody’s Says
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Source: New York Times
Oct 2, 2017
Republicans Won’t Rule Out Tax Hikes for Some in the Middle Class
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Source: New York Times
Oct 1, 2017
Republican Tax Plan May Not Be Built to Last
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September 2017

Source: The Hill
Sep 29, 2017
Senate GOP Budget Paves Way for $1.5T in Tax Cuts
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Source: Reuters
Sep 29, 2017
Rich Would Benefit Most from Trump Tax Cut Plan: Policy Group
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Source: The Hill
Sep 27, 2017
Congress on Track to Miss Two Big Health Deadlines
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Source: Reuters
Sep 27, 2017
Trump Proposes U.S. Tax Overhaul, Stirs Concerns on Deficit
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Source: U.S. News
Sep 27, 2017
Trump, Taxes and the 'Middle Class Miracle'
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