The giant Senate tax bill barely squeaked by a critical test

Senate Republicans releasedtheir version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Thursday. The Joint Committee on Taxation found that the bill would add $1.4957 trillion to the national debt, just undera $1.5 trillion limit to pass under a key Senate rule. Senate Republicans released their version of legislation to overhaul the federal tax code on Thursday, and already the bill has scored a small but important win. The Joint Committee on Taxation, the nonpartisan Congressional research service,said theS...