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... elections. Democrats derided the bill as a GOP gift to its wealthy and business backers at the expense of lower-earning people. They contrasted the bill’s permanent reduction in corporate income tax rates from 35 percent to 20 percent to smaller individual tax breaks that would end in 2026 ...
... In the Senate, Rubio had long been a prominent voice on immigration and was a key member of a group that worked on a 2013 bill that included a path to citizenship for millions of people in the country illegally. Now, Rubio says he support’s Trump’s plan to ...
... right," de Blasio said in a news conference Wednesday, where he gave an update on the city's efforts to address the pandemic. During an interview with CNN earlier Wednesday, de Blasio also said that data showing rates of new coronavirus infections declining in the New York metropolitan area, but ...
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday that he is hopeful Congress will pass a major tax overhaul this year and signaled that the administration would be open to changes sought by Congress to improve the chances for passage. In an interview with CNBC, Mnuchin also said the administration would ...
... being put together. Quite frankly, the motion to proceed, not to get inside baseball, but that's when the majority leader -- means bringing up a bill. And I have never seen a motion to proceed, which is just asking that the bill be brought up for debate, fail. And Mitch ...
... chamber. “There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done before we can celebrate and all go home,” he said in an interview outside the House chamber. Democrats say it is one of several provisions in the House bill that might not pass parliamentary muster in the ...
... bill for the past two months. He said it would be introduced soon. Mnuchin said the White House plan would cut individual and corporate tax rates, though he didn't offer specifics. House Republicans have released a blueprint that outlines their goals for a tax overhaul. It would lower the ...
... of ‘net metering’ are on the books in more than 40 states and the effect for many rooftop solar customers is a dramatically reduced electric bill. But in lowering their bill, utilities and regulators around the country have been trying to determine if solar customers are paying their fair share ...
WASHINGTON — In a testy election year likely to see scant collaboration between Republicans and Democrats, there's a glint of hope in Congress for a bipartisan bill aimed at fighting heroin and opioid addiction — a deadly, growing problem that afflicts states both red and blue.
ATLANTA — Issuing a clarion call to Americans saddled by student debt, President Barack Obama urged student borrowers Tuesday to stand up for their rights, and announced a medley of modest steps to bring some order to a notoriously chaotic system.
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