Senate Republicans are working to change a House GOP tax plan to require fewer cuts in Medicaid health benefits for the poor and disabled, seeking to mollify members of the party worried about a public backlash.

Congressional Republican leaders are in the midst of a Trump-imposed three-week stretch during which they think they can come

Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez said Wednesday he wants to lower the state's sales-tax rate, trimming revenue by almost $5 billion a year. The Miami Republican told House members he has directed Ways & Means Chairman Wyman Duggan to produce a bill next week that would lower the rate from 6% to 5.25%.

Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez has proposed a $5 billion cut to the state sales tax. Perez aims to reduce the state sales tax from 6% to 5.25% permanently. Governor DeSantis supports eliminating property taxes,

In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, said cutting the state sales tax will save Floridians nearly $5 billion each year. “This will not be a temporary measure, a stunt or a tax holiday,