They are narrowing down what will be still a very substantial, across the board tax cut, not just the same for everyone across the board. Here is what we now know. On the corporate side, were taking that rate from 35 to 15 . This is the goal. Then a 15 tax on passthroughs, s corpse, hedge funds, real estate entities, a lot of lot of donald trump interests would benefit from the lower rate. Standard deduction doubles for individuals and families to roughly 12,600. If that is the case, that sticks, an additional 12 to 15 million americans, who presently go through, detail all their deductions would take the standard deduction. Would make their filing a lot simpler. It would not rule out deductions across the board. Three rates now. That top rate at 35 . As stuart pointed out here. Bottom rate of about 10 . Were going to getting into all of this with kevin brady, man who runs the house ways and means committee. He was for bigger tax cuts the o looking for a border tax to pay for a lot of
Blasting the democrats for taking a victory lap and he says the shutdown in september is still a possibility. And Richard Branson says bringing back coal is the worst idea hes ever heard. Well ask about that. Varney company is about to begin. Stop oh, bleep . Guy is crazy. Thats right, thats not world heavy weight boxing, its better. Two passengers aboard a los angelesbound nippon flight, the fighting it wasnt aggravated enough. American reporting decreasing leg room one to two inches in economy class. Apple shares in the premarket. Right now, the key was iphone income is expected and the company sitting on 256 billion in cash and you can buy ten border walls for that much money or buy everyone in america a new iphone and kill two birds with one stone. Lets bring in shah gilani. Its close to your net worth, im not sure you need the money, but the stock hasnt come down . Its got so much money to execute buybacks and thats one of the reasons, they bought back between dividends and buy p
Simple care at the va theyre doing this in lieu of formal press briefings. We wont have a Sean Spicer Press briefing today. The va secretary will out line what the plans are to make things right. A lot of critics are out there. Well hear from a former va whistleblower, ongoing whistleblower, who says that the agency is dragging its feet. Whether that guy is to blame is anyones guess. This is coming from dr. Shulkin, they are moving rapidly to address these problems. Take a look. Many of these challenges i will talk about today have been decades in building and they have spanned multiple administrations. And this is the time for us to really address these chronic problems that have affected veterans and in many ways harmed veterans and their families not dealing with issues so i will tackle issues head on. Neil sometimes to add insult to injury, reports of half a million applications for medical help were denied or simply thrown out because of mistakes on the application. This comes cou
Work they will do. May they seek in all their labors to please and glorify you as you fill them with your grace. May they not become weary in doing what is right, knowing that in due season they will reap if they faint not. Lord, let your peace flood their hearts and help them to realize that it is by your permission that they will breathe their next breath. May they permit lifes problems to make them more dependent on your guidance and strength. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell weve been debating obamacares fail use and failures and what to do about them for so many years now. Weve heard so many distress stories from constituents who have
Both here also with their work to help the United States achieve true energy dominance, and thats whats happening. Weve made so much progress with respect to energy just in the last four months. Its been an incredible journey, i will tell you. Weve learned a lot, and weve made a lot. Were here to talk about how we can create new prosperity for our citizens by unlocking vast treasures of energy reserves, of which we have a great deal. Far more than anyone understood. Im proud to have such a large gathering of tribal leaders here at the white house. I look forward to more government to government consultations with tribal leaders about the issues importance to indian country. We love indian country; right . Mercury lands have rich, Natural Resources but stand to benefit your people immensely. These untapped resources of wealth can help you build new schools, fix roads, improve your communities, and create jobs. Jobs like youve never seen before. All you want is the freedom to use them, a