An obscure provision in the Trump tax plan—the territorial system—would further encourage multinationals to shift profits to low (or no) tax havens.
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The GOP’s Big Problem Is Big Money
Republican leaders are reeling from their primary loss in Alabama and the demise of their health-care bill, but they have only themselves—and their big donors—to blame.
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Bannon’s Oligarch Cage Match Worries GOP
Backing primary challengers to Republican senators, Bannon is pitting his patron, Robert Mercer, against the Koch brothers.
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GOP to Latinos: Drop Dead
Some Republicans want to salvage DACA, but it will be an uphill battle, and probably a losing one.
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Republicans Want to Make Deficit-Busting Tax Cuts Permanent
Real tax reform is hard. So a growing bloc of tax-cut enthusiasts wants to rewrite the rules of the game to secure rate reductions for the rich.
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Republicans Resort to the Same Strategy They Always Use on Health Care: Lying
Did you think the party that invented “death panels” would do anything different?
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Republicans Have Already Lost the Health-Care Debate
They may pass their awful ACA repeal bill. But they’ll be judged on standards Democrats established.
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Republicans Moving Fast to Block Retirement Security
Congressional Republicans have set out to undo an Obama administration rule that makes it easier for states and cities to expand retirement options for private-sector workers.
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Kentucky’s Attack on Unions Provides a Glimpse into the GOP’s Impending War on Workers
Governor Matt Bevin’s anti-union crusade, coming soon to a jurisdiction near you.
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Big Money May Not Save GOP Senators
Conservative super PACs have poured hundreds of millions into this year’s Senate contests, but even their massive war chests may not be enough to save Republicans this year.