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Republican senators confident of passing biggest tax cuts since Reagan era

Republicans who control the US Senate say they are confident of passing the biggest tax cuts since the Reagan era as soon as Friday.
 
Party leaders sounded bullish after three Republican holdouts said yes despite a Senate committee finding it would add $1 trillion to the deficit.
 
The committee's report contradicts a White House claim that economic growth would compensate for the tax cuts.
 
President Donald Trump wants the measure enacted by Christmas.
 
The non-partisan Senate Joint Committee on Taxation found on Thursday that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would add significantly to the federal deficit over a decade.
 


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