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Senate Votes On $4.1 Trillion Budget To Clear Way For Tax Cuts

Published October 19, 2017 at 11:06 AM CDT
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walk to a news conference on the Republican tax and budget proposals, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walk to a news conference on the Republican tax and budget proposals, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate Republicans will take up a $4.1 trillion nonbinding budget on Thursday that sets the stage for GOP tax cut legislation later this year. This morning President Trump tweeted, “Republicans are going for the big Budget approval today, first step toward massive tax cuts. I think we have the votes, but who knows?”

NPR’s Ron Elving (@NPRrelving) joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss the latest.

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