Senate -Republicans want to crop some tax cuts from Trump into the domestic policy account

Even before the house approved the radical bill with President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, the Senate Republicans made it clear that they hoped to make major changes to legislation before the Gop finished muscles through the congress.

Various wanted to give back the cutbacks to Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, which house republicans had in mind in the version of the legislation they approved at the end of last month. A handful of trying to save tax credits to stimulate clean energy projects that would withdraw the house measure. Many have insisted on providing companies with a valued tax benefits for the long term, not just for a few years, because their colleagues in the Capitol chose to do it.

The problem that senators have confronted is that each of these changes would be expensive. For $ 2.4 trillion, the costs of the legislation that hardly accepted the house is already enormous. Senate republicans are now looking for ways to save money, a dangerous task that can mean that the ambitions of their colleagues in the house or in the White House are being shaved.

On the chopping block there are some of the favorite parts of Mr. Trump, such as not burdening overtime. Republican legislators have long been skeptical about a few tax ideas from the president, with the point of view that the populist policy will not stimulate the economy such as traditional conservatism on the supply side.

“I think it all comes down to what we have to pay,” said Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina. “At the end of the day we have to pay for a pro-growth policy.”

In some respects, the debate is a classic on Capitol Hill, where senators through history and without the political party are reluctant to postpone their colleagues in the house, and vice versa.

“It is the senate, so the senate will do what the damn good wants to do, and that is a good process,” said Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, on a Punchbowl news event on Wednesday, where he warned that his room would endure a bill “clearly otherwise” of the package of the package of the package of the enactment of the andactment of the enactment of the andactment of the andactment of the andactment of the andactment of the Enactment of the Enactment of the Enactment of the Enactment of the Enactment of the Enactment of the Enactment of the Package of the Enactment of the Package of the Enactment of the Package of the Enactment of the Package of the Enactment of the Package of the Enactment of the Package of the Enactment of the Package of Packment Package of the package of the package of the package of his party would warn.

For the best Senate Republicans, the economically powerful tax cuts encourage companies to make new investments and to conduct research. However, accelerated depreciation schedules do not attract political attention such as Mr Trump’s promises for “no tax on tips”, so the home version of the account only included the business tax benefits until 2029.

Senate -Republicans want to make company description a permanent characteristic of the tax code, a change that they and some economists believe would encourage more companies to expand. As a way to cover those costs, Senate Republicans are looking for ways to further curb the suitability for a tax reduction for overtime, including by determining a ceiling with a lower income for the break and strictly defending what counts as overtime, the legislators said.

“Of course there are many dials, whether you are talking about no tax on tips, overtime, one of these,” said Senator Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas. “How many years did they go? At what level do they stop?”

Senator Bernie Moreno, Republican from OHIO and a former car dealer, wants to tighten the house plan for allowing Americans to deduct up to $ 10,000 in interest rates that would apply to vehicles made in the United States, including used and new cars, as well as all-terrain vehicles and recreational vehicles. Mr. Moreno proposes to limit the tax benefits, one of Mr Trump’s campaign blows, only for loans for new cars.

“We save a lot of money. A camper? Motorcycles? Atvs?” he said. “That is not the idea; the idea is to help working Americans to afford a car.”

Senate -Republicans are looking for cuts due to the growing concern for some conservatives, as well as on Wall Street, about the impact of the bill on the tax situation of the country. Although the return of some of the campaign blows of Mr. Trump could help the costs of legislation in the vicinity of what it could be kept in the house, some legislators request much deeper cuts.

Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, has loudly called to the legislation, which already includes about $ 1.8 trillion of reductions, to reduce more trillions. His complaints won him a meeting with top officials from the White House, including Vice President JD Vance, this week in the Capitol.

Mr Johnson’s pitch is to remove all new tax priorities from Mr Trump from the account and instead to concentrate the legislation solely on extending the forged tax cuts compared to 2017, reducing the expenditure and increasing the debt ceiling. Republicans were then able to tackle priorities of the White House and spend further cuts, in a second part of legislation, Mr. Johnson argues.

“You can’t fell into one. I don’t want to criticize what was done; I want to support what was done,” he said. “But I absolutely – I can’t accept that this is the new standard. We still need a bite of the apple in this congress.”

Of course it is a big task of the legislation that goes over the agenda of the President, and civil servants of the White House have entered into the house measures to reduce taxes on tips, overtime and for older Americans.

“We are going to host the worries of the president,” said Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas. “It is clear that he must sign the bill.”

There are other sources of money that seduces senate republicans. Some are considering cuts on Medicare, although changes in the health care program for older Americans with significant political risks.

Then there is the state and local tax deduction, often called salt. In the house, a small group of Republicans from New York, New Jersey and California demanded that the legislation comprises an increase of $ 10,000 limit. They eventually won an agreement to set the new limit to $ 40,000, an expensive change that homeowners would largely benefit in areas with high taxes.

Although the change was necessary to win the support of Blue-State Republicans in the house, senators are less dedicated to policy. Senator John Thune from South Dakota, the Republican majority leader, recently noted in the White House that “there really isn’t a single Republican senator who cares a lot about the SALT issue.”

At the same time, home republicans who are committed to more salt lighting have warned that changing the home agreement could wander the entire package. But some Republican senators can only think that money that is reserved for a higher salt cap can be used better.

“There are many things we can do with that,” said Senator James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma.

Megan Mineiro contributed reporting.