{"id":132348,"date":"2017-11-19T03:34:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T08:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=132348"},"modified":"2017-11-19T03:34:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T08:34:04","slug":"gops-sasse-likes-tax-bill-but-wont-call-it-key-to-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/19\/gops-sasse-likes-tax-bill-but-wont-call-it-key-to-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP&#8217;s Sasse likes tax bill, but won&#8217;t call it key to 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_132350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132350\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ben-Sasse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132350\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ben-Sasse.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Sasse (Photo by US Congress - http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/114thCongress\/Sasse_Ben.htm, Public Domain)\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ben-Sasse.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ben-Sasse-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ben-Sasse-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Sasse (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=54961906\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by US Congress &#8211; http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/114thCongress\/Sasse_Ben.htm, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse says Republican leaders are overstating how much passing tax-cut legislation can protect their party in next year&#8217;s elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska Republican, who addressed an evangelical conservative group Saturday night, told reporters after his speech that he likes the tax bill moving in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, who control the House and the Senate, have failed so far this year to pass top agenda items, chiefly the long-promised dismantling of President Barack Obama&#8217;s 2010 health care bill. GOP leaders in Congress and around the country have suggested a tax cut bill could boost enthusiasm for Republicans when they campaign in 2018 to retain their control of Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Sasse noted the Republican Party is struggling with sharp divisions these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse says Republican leaders are overstating how much passing tax-cut legislation can protect &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":132350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24157,16],"tags":[33973,33972],"class_list":["post-132348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-american-news","category-news","tag-tax-bill","tag-u-s-sen-ben-sasse","mauthors-thomas-beaumont","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}