How Trump and Republicans could pay for new tax cuts

President-elect Trump and Republican lawmakers are gearing up to push a massive tax-cut bill through Congress next year but will face pressure to find ways to cover the costs.

While Trump and many of his GOP colleagues argue that well-crafted tax cuts pay for themselves, a vocal band of fiscal hawks within the party are holding out for serious spending cuts.

The $36 trillion federal debt is a point of contention for many Republicans now as they start to consider a top-line budget reconciliation number...