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Getty Images Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press confernce on urging the GOP To Slow Down Republican Tax Bill In Senate on December 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Republican leaders want to vote on final tax legislation by next week, and they expect to have …

Getty Images U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) (C) holds up a tax filing ‘postcard’ as Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (L) and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) looks on during a press event on tax reform September 27, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, …

Yuri Gripas | Reuters President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., upon his return to Washington from New York, December 2, 2017. USA Today’s editorial board blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday, writing that his “uniquely awful” character makes him “unfit to clean toilets” in President …

Drew Angerer | Getty Images A sign advertises an apartment for rent along a row of brownstone townhouses on June 24, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The tax plan could also add to some of the issues that are already making homeownership more difficult, namely lack …

Bloomberg | Getty Ed Lee, mayor of San Francisco, speaks during a news conference outside City Hall after the U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, June 26, 2015. Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court said in …

Getty Images Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore speaks as his wife Kayla Moore looks on during a news conference with supporters and faith leaders, November 16, 2017 in Birmingham, Alabama. The wife of embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore fought back against accusations that her husband doesn’t …

Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images James Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, and General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a news conference on the North Korea situation outside of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sept. 3, 2017. The Pentagon is …

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, and Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, listen to President Trump during a listening session with cyber security experts in the Roosevelt Room the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Special …

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. A former aide to Republican Rep. Trent Franks has told The Associated Press the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child, at one point offering her $5 million to act as a surrogate. The eight-term Arizona …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gary Cohn, director of the U.S. National Economic Council Cohn did not signal how the GOP would specifically tweak the plan to win over House members. However, he said, “there’s a lot of progress being made.” He expects more when members of a …