The Republican sweep of the presidency and Congress has transformed what could have been a struggle to merely renew Donald Trump’s tax cuts into a multi-pronged campaign to slash levies in new and bigger ways.

Republicans' lock on power in Washington next year will allow President-elect Donald Trump to pursue an aggressive agenda of tax cuts for businesses, workers and retirees that will test his party's often-aired goal of reining in the government's $35 trillion in debt.

President-elect Trump’s election win is setting up a fight among Republicans over cutting taxes and reining in the deficit as the party inches toward control of both chambers of Congress. Republicans are on track to kick off the second Trump administration with majorities in both chambers,