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With passage of a massive tax cut/reform bill (just in time for Christmas), the obvious questions are what the new law will do, and who will benefit?

Republicans are closing out the 2017 year in politics on a mixed note. Yes, they have a tax reform success in their sites.

Lot's of ink and pixels spilled already over the victory of Democrat Doug Jones over Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race.

The House and Senate have passed their versions of tax cuts, which means the bills must be reconciled in a conference committee. How do the bills differ? Our friends at the Tax Foundation have an analysis of the key issues negotiators must agree on before sending a final bill to the President.

One of the more arcane Senate customs is allowing Senators to quietly issue what are called "blue slips" to delay the confirmation hearings of presidential nominees. The practice is 100 years old, and has been used to hold up hearings for any numbers of reasons.

While the House of Representatives has passed its version of a tax cut bill cutting rates for individuals and companies, over in the Senate, things got a bit testy during the Finance committee debate over that chamber's version of the bill. The video nearby shows a pointed exchanged between Sen.

The furor surrounding Roy Moore, the GOP Senate nominee running for the Alabama seat once held by now-Attorney General

New Jersey, New York City, and Virginia voters went to the polls this week and -- there is no way to spin it -- the results were terrible for the GOP.

The GOP finally pulled the wraps off its tax cut proposal this week and it contains a number of surprises.