A Better Way

[6] The plan covers six points: poverty, national security, economy, Constitution, health care, and tax reform.

[7] The points in the plan, which Speaker Ryan intended to press forward in the 2017–2018 115th Congress, had been described as "mostly ignor[ing] the areas where Trump's agenda clash with tenets of conservative doctrine" such as trade policy, immigration reform and entitlement cuts.

[8] It did not cover some points that were major issues in the presidential campaign, such as a border wall with Mexico and banning immigrants who are Muslims.

[16] On January 16, Donald Trump commented that a border adjustment tax would be "too complicated" in a Wall Street Journal article.

[18] White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated on January 26 said that the proposal was "one idea" of the administration in regards to tax policy.