GOP tax bill shrouded in secrecy
Days ahead of the plan’s release, even rank-and-file Republicans are alarmed that they’re being kept in the dark.
By AARON LORENZO and SEUNG MIN KIM
10/28/2017 06:55 AM EDT
Rank-and-file House Republicans are increasingly alarmed by the secrecy shrouding the massive tax bill their party leaders plan to ram through Congress next month.
Just days ahead of the legislation’s release, GOP members of the House Ways and Means Committee are still in the dark on numerous details being ironed out by the powerful tax-writing committee’s chairman, Kevin Brady (R-Texas), and his staff. And they’re blaming the panel’s top-down approach for the uncertainty.
“There are a lot of open issues,” said Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio), echoing comments made by several of his colleagues on the committee.
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