Device Tax Repeal Gains High Profile During Shutdown, But Significant Barriers Remain
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Some House Democrats and Republicans are circulating a device tax repeal proposal, including an idea for replacing the revenue, to resolve the shutdown. But the president and Democratic leaders in the Senate insist that they will only accept a clean funding bill with no Obamacare strings attached.
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