Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 11/1717


Senate Republicans may face a political problem in the final push for their tax-cut plan, and they might need Democrats to help fix it. The Congressional Budget Office says the $1.5 trillion tax-cut proposal would trigger $25 billion in automatic spending cuts next year to Medicare, plus another $111 billion in reductions to other programs, including farm subsidies. 

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