January 19, 2018
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The new tax reform legislation is generating early but very positive signs. Americans are beginning to give this legislation that the kind of
positive response that Republican legislators expected.
Congress is starting 2018 with two carry-over challenges—spending and immigration. The federal government will run out of money Friday
night. Both sides say that there will not be a government shutdown… both sides say the other side will be responsible if there is a shutdown.
We’ll focus our attention this year and keep you up to date on key areas of concern for members of the Arizona Chamber:
Steve Gordon discusses everything he’s seen and heard this week in Heard on The Hill. Mike Joyce tells us about the upcoming infrastructure proposal. Dana Marston provides a calendar of hearings and markups today and next week, as well as graphics on the President’s key trade advisers, proposed Medicaid work requirements, effects of the new tax law on your paycheck, where DACA matters most, and who is affected by a government shutdown… if it comes.
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