Bipartisan $78 Billion Tax Deal Hits GOP Roadblock in US Senate
- House passed $78 billion business, child tax breaks in January
- Schumer weighs possible floor vote to force issue this spring
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Senate Republicans are poised to sink a $78 billion tax-cut package, gambling that they’ll win the majority in November and can push then for bigger breaks for business.
They also don’t want to hand President Joe Biden an election-year victory on the legislation, which includes both child and business tax breaks, lawmakers and aides have said.