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Smith criticized Thune’s plan to pass an extension of the Trump tax cuts only after clearing a number of the president-elect’s other legislative priorities.

Battle Royale: Ways and Means vs. Thune, round two

If you need further evidence that it won’t be easy to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, here you go.

During a private lunch today on the first floor of the Capitol, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) again criticized incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s plan to pass an extension of the Trump tax cuts only after clearing a number of the president-elect’s other legislative priorities, including new funding for border security and energy policy.

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