1. Senate Starts Debate on Budget, Pushing Forward on Tax Reform- via The Hill
Senate Republicans are pushing forward with a budget that is key to accomplishing their goal of passing tax reform this year.
Senators voted 50-47 to start debate on the fiscal year 2018 budget, which includes instructions allowing Republicans to avoid a Democratic filibuster when they pass their tax plan.
With a 52-seat majority, Republicans can only afford to lose two senators, if every member of the Democratic caucus votes no, to pass the budget with Vice President Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. Read more here...
2. Major GOP House Group Blasts ObamaCare Deal as 'Bailout' - via Washington Examiner
The leader of the 170-member Republican Study Committee blasted a nascent bipartisan deal to fund Obamacare insurer payments as a bailout.
The remarks from Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., head of the committee, underscores the difficulty of passing a narrow deal announced Tuesday in the House.
"The GOP should focus on repealing & replacing Obamacare, not trying to save it," Walker tweeted from the RSC's account. "This bailout is unacceptable." Read more here...
3. FreedomWorks Backs Marine Veteran in Wisconsin GOP Senate Primary - via The Hill
FreedomWorks for America is throwing its support behind Marine veteran and businessman Kevin Nicholson as he seeks the GOP nomination to take on Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.).
The conservative group took aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in its endorsement, saying Nicholson might oppose keeping him as leader. Read more here...
4. Repealing the Clean Power Plan Will Benefit All Americans - via Competitive Enterprise Institute
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's proposal to repeal the so-called Clean Power Plan is the most notable step President Trump and his team have taken to date to end the Obama administration's unlawful and economically destructive war on affordable energy.
Although there is no shortage of policy reasons to repeal the Clean Power Plan, which promises lots of economic pain for no discernible environmental gain, Pruitt is proposing repeal chiefly because the plan exceeds the legal authority delegated to the agency by Congress. Read more here...
5. The IRS Stole $59,000 From an Innocent Veteran; Years Later, They Still Won't Return It - via Reason
Oh Suk Kwon, an immigrant from South Korea who spent four decades serving in the U.S. military, had his life and business destroyed by the Internal Revenue Service in 2011—on nothing more than a hunch.
After getting out of the Army in 2007, Kwon and his wife purchased a gas station in Ellicott City, Maryland. Four years later, the IRS targeted Kwon's station as part of a now-discredited effort at catching money launderers making large cash deposits. The investigators seized more than $59,000 from Kwon, forcing him to shutter his business. His wife died soon after. Read more here...
Jason Pye
Vice President of Legislative Affairs, FreedomWorks
Vice President of Legislative Affairs, FreedomWorks
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