Why tax reform might break the Republican Party

Republicans thought they had a legislative super weapon. It's blowing up in their faces.

President Trump acknowledges House Freedom Caucus leader Rep. Mark Meadows after the May health-care vote in the House.
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Can President Trump and the Republican Party accomplish anything? First they bungled the ObamaCare repeal. Then they bungled the debt ceiling, when Trump breezily agreed to a deal last week that will give Democrats maximum leverage in December. And soon they will bungle the party's most fundamental reason for existing: cutting taxes for rich people.

The reasons are twofold: Reconcialition and the fact that the various Republican factions are irreconcilable.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.