Hopes of passing a 2018 budget remain in limbo — a crucial prerequisite to the tax overhaul House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has promised to deliver before year’s end. [On federal appropriations, House Republicans flinch from another governing task]That has many of them stewing about their intraparty feuds or the Senate’s intransigence — and honing explanations for their lackluster 2017. ), vice chairman of the House Budget Committee. While those bills reflect longtime Republican priorities, they do not represent progress on two core items on the Trump agenda — health care and the tax overhaul. House leaders have balked at micromanaging the tax bill in advance.

Source: Washington Post July 21, 2017 23:35 UTC