Next steps to a tax cut

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – Congress is expected to take the next step toward approving a spending plan for the nation Thursday. In that budget: money for a big tax cut.

The House is expected to vote on a budget that includes one and a half trillion dollars for President Trump’s tax cut.

In a wide-ranging interview last night with Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs, the president insisted his party is unified. “I tell you, there was a lot of love in that room,” Pres.. Trump said of his Tuesday meeting with Senate Republicans.

That statement comes despite public criticism from two Republican Senators, Bob Corker and Jeff Flake.

Still, Republican leaders – eager for a win on tax reform – would rather see those differences kept private. “It’s in our interest to have party unity, so that we can continue to work for our own agenda,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, (R) Wisconsin.

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