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Happy Monday! In today’s version, we explored President Donald Trump’s family tendencies three months before serving. Additionally, Sahil Kapur listed the policy challenges Republican lawmakers face when they return to Washington and began the process of writing a big bill for Trump’s agenda.
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- Adam Wollner
The new president tends to go on the road during the open phase of his term of office, interacting with voters who take them in office and build support for their policy agenda.
But President Donald Trump initially built his political brand through a large rally with supporters, but took a different approach.
Trump spent 40 days on his personal property before the administration’s 100-day mark, reports by Natasha Korecki, Megan Shannon and Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner. These include 12 of the 14 weekends he has been in office so far. He has spent the night in Mar-a-Lago for nine weekends, where he often finds him on the golf courses of West Palm Beach or Jupiter.
So far, Trump has traveled less frequently across the country than in the same period in the first semester of 2017.
"Trump rally was replaced almost every day by the oval policy statement. But after that, he wasn't in the weeds on policy details - he was recommending the Greens," said Republican strategist Matthew Bartlett. "He's been gambled in countries that are turning trade, but there's no clear vision or communication of the end result."
Trump began to start at a faster pace, investigating flood damage in North Carolina, fire damage in California, and then before landing in Las Vegas – all on January 24. Since then, Trump has participated in some sports events, such as the Super Bowl in New Orleans, the Daytona 500 fight with the UFC in Miami, but usually returns to his own residents very quickly.
He will spend his 100th day in the office visiting the Michigan battlefield. On Saturday, he and First Lady Melania Trump traveled to Italy for the funeral of Pope Francis. Trump plans to visit the Middle East soon, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Asked if domestic travel is underway, White House officials said Trump is expected to focus on trade, peace and budget transactions in the near future.
Read more about Trump’s travel schedule →
Market, 100 days: CNBC's Sarah Min reported that Trump's first 100 days were the worst in stocks since the beginning of the presidential four-year period since the 1970s.
Poll, 100 days: New NBC News keeping a look polls, powered by SurveyMonkey, show that 55% of Americans disapprove of Trump's way of taking charge of the president's work, while 45% approved his job. More than 4 out of 10 Americans strongly opposed the work Trump did, while only one in four received strong approval.
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Congress began a four-week dash from the recession to Memorial Day, during which Republican leaders hope to address key issues about their exhaustive bills to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda.
The Republicans aim to enact legislation that includes trillions of dollars in tax cuts, hundreds of millions of dollars spent on immigration enforcement and new spending on military forces, and debt restrictions rose as much as $5 trillion.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.
This is a major policy issue in the conflict between Republicans:
How to cut Medicaid spending: Medicaid is a major part of the U.S. budget that Republicans put in cuts on the dining table. The priority, they said, will be to cut waste, fraud and abuse, although the details are not clear.
Republican lawmakers largely agree with the new job requirements for strong adults to receive Medicaid benefits, as well as harder rules that require U.S. citizenship and more frequently verifying eligibility. But these new standards and paperwork requirements can only save a fraction of the $2 trillion cuts required by conservatives.
Tax reduction scope: Republicans start by expanding the main part of Trump's tax cuts that expire at the end of this year. Although Republican leaders want to use alternative methods to post lower prices on them, the figure is estimated to cost $4.6 trillion in a decade, according to the official scorer in Congress.
Some Republicans experimented with balloons while allowing tax rates for high-income earners to rise, and Trump and Johnson beat last week. Other questions abound: What will be the business tax deduction and child tax credit in this measure?
More information Republicans are paying attention to, including Trump’s campaign promises, calls for taxation on tips and possible overtime taxes.
Deduction of salt: A regional battle against federal deductions for state and local taxes, commonly known as salt. House Republicans in a group of high-tax countries insist on raising $10,000, limiting the party imposed under the 2017 tax law.
This brings up a complex problem: Most Republicans don’t want larger salt deductions because they represent areas where this is not a big problem. But without the Republican votes in New York and California, the Republicans would not have enough support to pass the House. Among Senate Republicans, there is little interest in expanding salt. Doing so can be expensive, taking away money that Republicans can spend on other tax breaks.
Read more about policy barriers Republicans seek to clear →
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