WSJ What’s News - House Republicans Face Difficult Trade-Offs to Pass Tax Bill

P.M. Edition for May 19. To meet their self-imposed deadline of Memorial Day, House Republicans are facing a tug of war over spending cuts. Siobhan Hughes, who covers Congress for WSJ, discusses the major points of contention and where the bill goes from here. Plus, President Trump wants the U.S. to be a manufacturing powerhouse, even though hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs are currently unfilled. We hear from Journal economics reporter Chao Deng about what makes those jobs less appealing to workers, and what manufacturers are doing to try to woo them. And the U.S. Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to strip Venezuelan migrants of their legal status. Alex Ossola hosts.


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