Republicans Forge Their Tax Bill in Trump's Image, With 'MAGA Accounts' and More

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Trump wavered for a time, giving Republicans on Capitol Hill mixed signals over the best approach.
68% : Trump had every reason to be pleased.
66% : Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., effectively owes his job to Trump and has kept in constant contact with him during the negotiations, including during his overseas trip this week.
58% : Burchett said that while "everybody rises up in righteous indignation" over the details, Republicans will start "coming to the table" once Trump is fully engaged.
53% : Added Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, "I think the only way we're going to get on track with it is with Trump.
47% : That's where Trump usually comes in, playing the "closer" who turns no votes to yes.
46% : " Trump first began to set the course of the GOP's current legislative strategy back in January, when he posted to social media that Republicans should pass "one powerful bill" that would tackle all of the party's priorities instead of splitting the agenda into two packages.
44% : The legislation would make permanent the tax cuts from Trump's first term while reducing funding for programs involving food assistance, college financing and environmental protection.
44% : Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, predicted the tax package will ultimately get over the finish line once Trump -- just returning from a tour of the Middle East -- starts making calls to skeptical lawmakers.
42% : "We don't need 'GRANDSTANDERS' in the Republican Party," Trump wrote on social media.
42% : " Republicans, meanwhile, are eager to press ahead and get the tax package to the Senate, with hopes of getting it on Trump's desk by the Fourth of July.
41% : As they continue to grapple with the party's losses in last year's election, Democrats have worked to mobilize public opposition to the bill, decrying it as a giveaway to the rich paid for with cuts to healthcare and other social services.
40% : Republicans quickly cobbled that tax package together in late 2017 after a disastrous attempt at fulfilling their central campaign promise -- repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare.
39% : Conservatives slowed the process Friday, refusing to advance the tax package out of the House Budget Committee until it includes faster implementation of Medicaid changes and a more wholesale repeal of Biden-era green energy credits.
31% : " Trump's involvement seems certain to grow as Johnson labors to get the tax package through the House by a self-imposed Memorial Day deadline.
29% : "President Trump has gone out of his way to ask us: 'Are there any members you want me to call?
24% : Trump took notice, applying pressure even before the gavel went down on the failed committee vote.

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