How the Big Beautiful Bill became law: Bannon, Vance push back on GOP tax norms

Steve Bannon sounded very confident.

Appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher in April of 2025, Bannon boldly predicted President Donald Trump was going to “raise taxes on the wealthy.” Fellow panelist and journalist Josh Rogin immediately pushed back with a healthy dose of skepticism that the GOP was poised to raise taxes on many […] ...