Senate Republicans passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill that would bestow massive benefits on corporate America and the wealthy while delivering mixed blessings to everybody else. After a frantic round of negotiations, Republicans came together in near unanimity behind the landmark legislation. The final vote was 51 to 49, with Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee the lone GOP holdout. Democrats were unanimously opposed.
PowerPost
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Republicans in both chambers passed tax reform with no Democratic support — and some Republicans even voted in opposition. That, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell once said, is a recipe for a political backlash.
The two tax bills have a lot in common — including dramatic cuts in corporate tax rates and the elimination of a number of personal tax deductions — but they also have crucial differences that must be reconciled before a final version can be sent to the president.
MUELLER INVESTIGATION
The person assigned to Robert Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered that he and another member of Mueller’s team had exchanged texts described as supportive of Hillary Clinton, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
The president made his remarks on the South Lawn before heading to fundraisers in New York. He later tweeted that Michael Flynn’s lies were a “shame,” given that the former national security adviser’s actions were “lawful” and Trump had “nothing to hide.”
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The Fix
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Michael Flynn could have been hit with much more serious charges, and his family might have been targeted. The special counsel had convened a grand jury to look at a range of things Flynn had allegedly done wrong.
With a guilty plea by one of President Trump’s closest and most valued aides at the time, the investigation has swept up an array of figures with intimate knowledge of the campaign, the transition and the White House, and it appears to have expanded to encompass a range of activities.
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