Senate excludes trillions in debt to make Trump's tax bill seem cheaper
Senate Republicans slapped a price tag on their tax package that is nearly 90 percent lower than the version that recently passed the House. They didn't bring the price down by changing the policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Instead, the Senate changed the way they did the math.
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