Politics Jan 25 Congress’ deal to end government shutdown added billions in tax cuts to deficit The bill enacted late Monday suspended three taxes that came in under President Barack Obama’s signature health care law: a tax on medical devices, one on high-cost health care plans offered by employers, and another on health insurance companies.
Politics Dec 19 WATCH: House passes massive tax bill The vote, largely along party lines, was 227-203 and capped a GOP sprint to deliver a major legislative accomplishment to President Donald Trump after a year of congressional stumbles and non-starters. Now the bill moves to the Senate.
Politics Dec 09 2 questions loom over House-Senate talks on GOP tax bill Two looming questions threaten to snag the seemingly smooth trajectory of the Republicans’ massive tax legislation now in its final leg in Congress.
Politics Nov 17 Who wins and who loses in the GOP Senate tax plan The ultra-wealthy and businesses do very well under the tax plan making it's way through the Senate. But who doesn't fare as well?…
Politics Nov 15 WATCH: Senate Finance Committee marks up tax bill WASHINGTON — The Obama health care law’s requirement that Americans get insurance coverage is now pinned as a target of Republican lawmakers, as they look to end the individual mandate to help pay for deep cuts in their tax legislation.
Politics Oct 25 House GOP at odds with Trump over changes to 401(k) plans The congressman who heads the House tax-writing panel isn't ruling out changes to the 401(k) retirement program to raise revenue for tax cuts, despite President Donald Trump's fresh promise that the savings plan used by tens of millions of Americans…
Politics Sep 26 Trump, GOP consider surtax on wealthy, doubling standard deduction On the eve of the grand rollout of the plan, details emerged on Capitol Hill on Tuesday while Trump personally appealed to House Republicans and Democrats at the White House to get behind his proposal.
Politics Sep 25 Republicans, White House plan to push deep cuts to corporate tax rate Republicans are divided over the potential elimination of some of the deductions, underscoring the difficulty of overhauling the tax code even with GOP control of the House and Senate.
Politics May 05 GOP House panel takes first step to gut Dodd-Frank law House Republicans took a major step toward their long-promised goal of unwinding the stricter financial rules created after the 2008 crisis, pushing forward sweeping legislation that would undo much of President Barack Obama's landmark banking law.
Politics Jan 11 AP fact check: Tillerson claim at odds with Exxon Mobil lobbying Donald Trump's choice as secretary of state, former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, denied that he had pressed the U.S. to avoid sanctioning Russia over foreign-policy disputes. The record, though, is not so clear.