US House Committees to Begin Debate on Trump Tax Cuts on Tuesday

The legislative push for President Donald Trump’s massive tax package will begin in earnest next week as key House committees consider the legislation despite lingering divisions among Republicans.

The Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee will begin on Tuesday considering their respective portions of the bill on tax cuts and reductions to Medicaid. Both panels are key to pushing Trump’s legislative agenda through the narrowly divided House.

The scheduled date, confirmed by several people familiar, comes as Republicans are still hotly debating key details, including expanding the state and local tax deduction and restricting the ...