Will the House Freedom Caucus continue to be a speed bump in POTUS Donnie’s agenda – PB/TK
Here’s what the Republicans who just stopped Trump want next – Max Ehrenfreund Washington Post March 27 2017
After a smarting defeat on health care, President Trump is moving on to an ambitious bid to rewrite the U.S. tax code. But the ultra-conservative GOP lawmakers who stymied Trump on health care aren’t going away, and if Trump is to avoid a second major setback in Congress, he’ll need to win over far more of them this time around.
The “House Freedom Caucus,” as the few dozen members of the group call themselves, blocked Trump and Ryan’s health-care bill because it wasn’t conservative enough for them, offering too much in the way of benefits and interfering too much in the insurance market. When it became clear the vast majority of the group’s members were voting no, Trump — after a consultation with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) — pulled the bill.
The good news for Trump and Ryan, however, is that they and the House Freedom Caucus have, in their public statements, expressed broad areas of agreement on what to do with the tax code. There’s still, however, plenty of potential for conflict as Trump, Ryan and the caucus once again come together in search of a deal.
Here’s what the House Freedom Caucus’s members have said they’re looking for.
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