December 13, 2017

2017-12-13T20:15:42-05:00

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House and Senate conference committee members met to discuss reconciling the two Republican tax reform bills passed separately out of each chamber. Republicans praised the efforts of staffers who had been working on the conference committee’s report, while Democrats said they were unhappy with the fact that the report was not yet available for their review. Following opening remarks from each member of the committee and a few attempts by Democrats to delay the meeting’s continuation, Thomas Barthold of the Joint Committee on Taxation explained some provisions of the expected tax measure and answered lawmakers' questions on their substance.

House and Senate conference committee members met to discuss reconciling the two Republican tax reform bills passed separately out of each chamber.… read more