But despite all that, we're still skeptical that Trump's tax cut is going to make it through Congress. Here are eight sentences from players in and coverage of Trump's tax cut plan that underscore why it's not a given to pass Congress. 2, expressing skepticism to the New York Times about Trump's tax cut, which could expound the deficit. “Even a temporary tax cut in the corporate tax rate … [can] run afoul of those reconciliation rules.”That's the Wall Street Journal explaining that cutting the corporate tax rate temporarily (as Trump's plan would do) could increase deficits beyond the decade Trump's plan would be in effect. They haven't outright expressed opposition to Trump's plan, but you can see them building the framework to eventually oppose it.

Source: Washington Post April 26, 2017 18:17 UTC