Senior administration officials said Monday night that a payroll tax cut is a priority for President Trump
Donald John Trump Kanye West says Harriet Tubman “never freed slaves” at rally Trump-Afghanistan deal passes key period, but evasive Republican peacekeepers in worst-hit states separated by COVID response -19 MORE, is in the next Republican proposal to help the coronavirus, at least for now.
When asked if the payroll tax cut had to be in the Republican bill, the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
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“So we will see,” he added. “We look forward to meeting everyone.”
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Mark Randall MeadowsTrump says he couldn’t sign the coronavirus bill without the payroll tax cut Trump makes the White House the backdrop for political events.He asked about cutting the payroll tax and added that “he plans to be on it.”
“I mean, that’s part of the proposal,” he added.
The administration is pushing to include a payroll tax cut in the fifth coronavirus aid package. Trump publicly launched the idea during a White House meeting Monday with Mnuchin, Meadows, the minority leader of the House. Kevin McCarthy
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“I think it is a very important thing … I think it is an incentive for companies to hire their workers again … For me, a payroll tax cut is very important,” he told reporters.
McCarthy told reporters after the meeting that the payroll tax cut would be in the next Republican bill. Talk of including the payroll tax cut in the Republican proposal is largely fluent, with a Republican bill still unpublished.
Republicans and the White House are still negotiating with each other. Mnuchin and Meadows are scheduled to report to the Republican conference during a closed Tuesday lunch. They will also meet again with a smaller group of Republican senators and have their first meeting with the Senate minority leader. Charles Schumer
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Senator John Thune
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“I would say it is a high priority, as you know, for the President. And so his advocates, Mnuchin and Meadows and others, I think they will probably try to make sure it is at least included in the first draft,” Thune said, before laughing . “Let’s say it like this.”
When asked if that meant he could come out later, Thune added, “There are a lot of Republicans who don’t like it for many different reasons.”
McConnell said Tuesday’s talk will focus on seeing “if we can develop a kind of common approach on this side.” He avoided a question about the inclusion of the payroll tax cut.
Several Republican senators, including Thune, indicated Monday that they did not believe that including the payroll tax cut was a good idea.
“Go to the fact that Social Security people think that we are attacking the Social Security fund. And we are attacking it, but we have always included the general fund income for completeness. But that creates, it could create political problems but it creates a public relations problem, “chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Chuck grassley
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