HILL TAX BRIEF: Crapo Speaks Out on Senate GOP Tax Bill Concerns

Division among the GOP over the tax bill is going public, with the top Senate Finance Republican calling a pressure campaign to back the bill without changes counterproductive.

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) told reporters Wednesday that he’s looking to find agreement from his GOP colleagues on what they need to get behind the $78 billion tax package, but decried a presumption his colleagues would “rubber stamp” the bill.

There’s a “long list” of concerns and wants with the bill, Crapo said. The top Senate Finance Republican pointed to his own issues with the child tax credit provisions of the legislation, ...