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Smith laid out how much it would cost to do a four-year extension of the Trump tax cuts in reconciliation versus what it would take to make them permanent during a House GOP members-only briefing.

Inside the House GOP’s tax briefing

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) is on a campaign to lay out choices in front of the House Republican Conference.

House Republicans all want the Trump tax cuts and with more room – meaning accepting a higher price tag or more offsets – in reconciliation instructions, GOP lawmakers can go bigger on cementing the future of the 2017 law, Donald Trump’s signature legislative achievement during his first term.

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