claim: "republicans in congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: nov 8, 2017 ... republicans refuse to close carried interest loophole. nov 8 ... sander levin (d-mi) today introduced an amendment to the republican tax bill (h.r. 1) that would end the carried interest loophole. ... if republicans can't step up to the plate on this, what loopholes are they willing to step up to the plate on?
evidence_2: apr 3, 2012 ... we're told that these tax cuts will supposedly be paid for by closing loopholes and eliminating wasteful deductions. but the republicans in congress refuse to list a single tax loophole they are willing to close. not one. and by the way, there is no way to get even close to $4.6 trillion in savings without ...
evidence_3: nov 9, 2011 ... cloaking himself in the language of class warfare, he calls on a hostile congress to end wasteful tax breaks for the rich. "we're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share," he thunders to a crowd in georgia. such tax loopholes, he adds, ...
evidence_4: feb 28, 2017 ... marches, lawsuits, and demands from members of congress can keep the issue in the public eye but they may not be enough to actually produce trump's tax documents. perhaps the only way we'll ever see his returns is if a courageous irs employee, or one of trump's own lawyers or accountants, leaks ...
evidence_5: house republicans, however, have signaled that they don't intend to take up health care before the end of the year. additionally, collins added two amendments to the senate bill that would allow taxpayers to deduct property taxes and lower the threshold for tax deductions for medical expenses, which house republicans ...