Grover Norquist presses for bipartisan tax deal despite Senate GOP pushback

Anti-tax advocate and Tax Reform American president Grover Norquist said Thursday that he would rather expand the child tax credit and restore some business tax breaks than pass the whole thing amid Senate Republican opposition. He said he would prefer Congress to pass a partisan agreement.

Norquist was pressed about his resistance to the ongoing bill agreement while speaking at a tax event hosted by him and House Republicans focused in part on IRS oversight.

The supporter said some Senate Republicans had expressed concerns about changes to the bill, citing previous conversations with Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho), the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee and the lead negotiator in negotiations. He said he shares the same hopes as the congressman.

Republicans say they are seeking amendments aimed at protecting the child tax credit’s work requirements.

“He had a list of things. I wish he had something like this,” he said. “And some of them have a child tax credit…I agree with him. I think it’s better to have it in the bill than not have it in the bill. I think it’s better to leave it as it is or make some moderate amendments than to not pass it on as a bill.”

He also joined a group of advocates who signed a letter to senators earlier this week expressing support for the bill, also known as the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act.

“Passage of this pro-growth tax cut will strengthen America’s competitiveness against China, lead to job growth and higher wages for workers, and encourage new investment and innovation by American businesses,” the letter said. It is stated that.

Among the provisions in the Republican-led bill passed by the House earlier this year are measures that would temporarily strengthen the child tax credit and restore some business deductions.

Norquist’s comments come as senators struggle to pass the bill expanding the child tax credit in the face of Republican concerns about its language.

“I shared this with President Trump’s people, and this is what the world is saying: ‘Here are some Trump Republican tax cuts, but we’re saying they’re so important that they should continue on a bipartisan basis. I think that’s what you’re saying.” Take that as a compliment. Take that as ‘you’re right,'” Norquist said.

“They used to say everything is flawed, but now they’re starting to say, ‘No, not everything is flawed.’ We love this part, and that part doesn’t matter.” No, it was a good idea, and it’s a good idea.”