As Republican Tax Vote Nears, More Senators Waver

On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s drive to win passage of a Republican tax bill in the U.S. Congress hit potential obstacles, as two more Republican senators insisted on changes. Florida’s Marco Rubio told reporters on Capitol Hill that if the bill’s proposed refundability to taxpayers of the child tax credit is not expanded, “I‘m a no ... It has to be higher than $1,100.” Rubio and Mike Lee of Utah are in talks with other senators about expanding child tax credit refundability.