Mnuchin has apparently lied and pretended that an overall analysis of the tax bill exists, when it doesn't.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... ves-doesnt
An analysis promised by Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, which was supposed to show how the Republican-backed $1.5 trillion tax overhaul would pay for itself, does not exist, according to The New York Times.
An economist from the Office of Tax Analysis told The Times the report does not exist and, instead, Treasury staff have been using policy ideas and individual provisions to run numbers.
FYI, how Republicans stand on the bill:
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3619 ... e-tax-bill
Two Republicans, Sens. Ron Johnson (Wis.) and Steve Daines (Mont.), have come out against the bill. They want better treatment for so-called pass-through businesses but are still negotiating.
Other conservatives have raised concerns about the deficit, while centrists have floated measures to stabilize the ObamaCare insurance markets.
In the ongoing saga of how much the Trump presidency is costing us:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... ince-trump
The Secret Service has reportedly spent nearly $150,000 on golf cart rentals since President Trump took office.... Nearly $7,500 was spent on golf cart rentals during Trump’s Thanksgiving weekend at his private club Mar-a-Lago.
...As of October, the Secret Service had reportedly paid more than $63,000 to Mar-a-Lago.
So Trump isn't even willing to supply golf carts to the Secret Service when he owns the resort.
Our taxes are going to support Trump's and his family's lavish livestyles - because the Secret Service must protect his adult children, too, and they seem to take a lot of overseas trips. I don't understand why they aren't limited by a budget. If they want to take more trips, other than official business, they can pay for it themselves. (and that should go for any president, not just Trump)
Tillerson may be kicked out because he has clashed too much with Trump's idiocy:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... peo-report
President Trump is reportedly planning to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, with CIA Director Mike Pompeo potentially replacing him. The swap could come in the next several weeks, The New York Times reported, citing senior administration officials. Still, the Times added that it is not clear whether Trump has approved the plan, which was devised by chief of staff John Kelly.
Some administration officials had in the past suggested Tillerson could be replaced by U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, but Pompeo has become the favorite to take the role due to his rapport with Trump, the Times reports.
And some disturbing developments in the Justice dept:
http://thehill.com/policy/national-secu ... f-right-to
A federal judge has ordered the government to say whether an unnamed U.S. citizen held for the past 11 weeks as an enemy combatant in Iraq has been informed of his right to counsel — and whether he has tried to assert that right.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered the government to provide the court with the answer to her two questions by 5 p.m. on Thursday... “He's a U.S. citizen and it's been two and a half months and you can't tell me if he's been advised of his rights or requested counsel,” said Chutkan, who appeared visibly annoyed throughout a tense and at times combative exchange with Justice Department lawyer Kathryn Wyer.
...She argued that the broader case presented “troubling” questions. “As I see it, the government could snatch any U.S. citizen off the street and hold him as an enemy combatant as long as it took,” she said. “That kind of unchecked power is quite frankly frightening.”