Tax-and-Spend Package 2.0 Timeline Comes Into Focus: BGOV Tax

Reconciliation 2.0 Chatter Grows Louder

The coming weeks will tell us a lot about whether a GOP tax-and-spending bill will move forward in Congress this year.

Although many seemed doubtful about moving a second partisan legislative package through this Congress, President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have begun openly acknowledging that such a bill may be the only way to fund the Department of Homeland Security amid opposition from Democrats. The big question is how much tax will be part of any such package—if at all.

“I think we will know the answer to this question discretely on ...