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What Are The Implications Of The Largest Tax Overhaul In 30 Years?

NPR

Published December 20, 2017 at 1:06 PM EST

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at the press conference after the Senate vote of the tax overhaul bill on Dec. 20, 2017 in Washington.
(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at the press conference after the Senate vote of the tax overhaul bill on Dec. 20, 2017 in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Republicans in the House and Senate passed the largest tax overhaul in 30 years Wednesday, and President Trump is expected to sign it this week.

Political analysts Jamal Simmons (@JamalSimmons) and John Brabender (@JohnBrabender) join Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd and Jeremy Hobson to dissect the financial and political implications of the new tax scheme.