What Challenges Will President Bush Face in Passing His Tax Cut Plan?
Aired March 11, 2001 – 5:05 p.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. STEPHEN FRAZIER, CNN ANCHOR: For more insight into this tax battle ahead for President Bush and a look at some of the other challenges facing this still new president, we are joined now by Tom Squitieri, a political reporter for “USA Today” who’s joining us now from our Washington bureau. Mr. Squitieri, thank you for coming in. TOM SQUITIERI, “USA TODAY”: Good afternoon. FRAZIER: On a Sunday, especially. You wrote earlier and in our chats earlier you said that the House wanted to give President Bush an early victory. Why would that be? SQUITIERI: Because as the Bush administration gets further into its first 100 days and further in its first term, it’s going to get more and more complicated to have an easy, clean victory on any issue. Taxes are pretty easy and clean in the House. They’re the body where tax cuts have to originate. They can come through with a proposa
