The president will be speaking at 2 30 on the administrations efforts to reduce red tape and federal regulations. Within 10 days of taking office, President Trump issued executive order 13771, instructing the office of management and budget to remove two government regulations for every new one created. Washington stopped but the administration acted and in under a year weve unleashed the american economy, businesses and job creation. These efforts and the rest of the president s agenda have fueled economic growth, including alltime highs in the stock market, a 17year low in unemployment rolls, new highs in manufacturing and consumer confidence, and much more. As the president said yesterday, were at the final stages of historic tax cuts and reforms that will provide massive relief to middle class families, lower tax rates on american businesses to make us more competitive and make our tax code simpler and fairer for the first time in decades. We want to begin lowering the tax bills in
As most americans will. That is our pole that to make sure more americans see more of their hardearned money. That is what we push for and keep working with the house and senate on taxes. Reporter on two no, sir on senate. Bob corker, no for a while. Rubio said he is no unless he gets expansion of Child Tax Credit. Is the president willing to be more generous in the Child Tax Credit in order to get senator rubios vote . Were already doubling the Child Tax Credit, taking it 2,000 per child. Well continue working with senator. We made Great Strides in movement of Child Tax Credit. Well keep working with him until we get the job done which we still expect to happen before the end of the year. Reporter is there more room to move . Right now well focus on letting some of the senate move forward in the progression of ire conversations. Again, were extremely excited about the progress that weve already made to double the Child Tax Credit. That is something important to note. Something we work
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Coming out, first love and a daughters relationship with her father. It is the first ever Broadway Musical to feature a lesbian protagonist. From home fun home is based on the memoir by the pioneering graphic novelist Alison Bechdel who will join us for the hour. Made the emotions i was trying to get that in the book and in my own self i feel like when i talked about making it proper funeral for my father i wanted to fully grieve him in a way i had not been able to. His life was a trout in these lies. Amy and we will speak to Jeanine Tesori and lisa kron who just made history as the first allfemale writing team to win a tony award for a musicals score. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In ohio, a grand jury has indicted a university of Cincinnati Police officer on murder charges for shooting sam dubose, an unarmed African American man. Police officer ray tensing fatally shot dubose on july 19, after pulli
Amy today we look at the history making Broadway Musical fun home about family, memory, coming out, first love and a daughters relationship with her father. It is the first ever Broadway Musical to feature a lesbian protagonist. From home fun home is based on the memoir by the pioneering graphic novelist Alison Bechdel who will join us for the hour. Made the emotions i was trying to get that in the book and in my own self i feel like when i talked about making it proper funeral for my father i wanted to fully grieve him in a way i had not been able to. His life was a trout in these lies. Amy and we will speak to Jeanine Tesori and lisa kron who just made history as the first allfemale writing team to win a tony award for a musicals score. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In ohio, a grand jury has indicted a university of Cincinnati Police officer on murder charges for shooting sam dubose, an unarmed Afri