Trump tax bill slowing down in the Senate as GOP pushes for changes

Republican leaders are determined to muscle the package through Congress by Trump’s Fourth of July deadline.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s big bill in Congress would unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance, raising the political stakes for the GOP’s signature domestic priority.

Republican leaders in Congress, determined to muscle the sweeping package forward, had little to say after the analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. GOP senators were heading for an afternoon meeting with Trump at the White House.

But Democrats

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