United States Senate Republicans said they were ready to vote on Saturday (28) the bill of President Donald Trump on tax and spending cut, after agreeing to resolve concerns about the financing of rural hospitals and the deductibility of state taxes.
Several republican senators who had previously expressed hesitation to vote in favor of the bill, reported that their concerns had been softened and were ready to vote to overcome a first procedural obstacle in the next few hours.
The bill is Trump’s main legislative goal. With its Republican peers controlling the two houses, Congress has so far rejected any of Trump’s priorities.
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The 940 -page megaproject would extend the 2017 tax cuts, which were Trump’s main legislative achievement during his first term as president, would cut other taxes and increase spending on the Armed Forces and border security.
Non -party analysts estimate that a version approved by the House of Representatives last month would add about $ 3 trillion to the US government’s $ 36.2 trillion debt.
The Congress Budget Office did not disclose a forecast for the Senate version – still subject to changes – would add to the debt if approved.
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The non-partisan organization of public policy for a federal budget responsible said on Saturday that its preliminary estimate is that the Senate version would add $ 4 trillion to the next decade, including interest costs.
The White House said this month that the legislation would reduce the annual deficit by $ 1.4 trillion.
Democrats opposed the bill, stating that their tax cut elements would disproportionately benefit the rich at the expense of social programs on which low-income Americans depend.
