Dec 15 Watch 4:32 The final GOP tax bill is taking shape. Here are the last-minute changes By PBS News Hour Key Senate holdouts signaled their support for the GOP tax plan on Friday, moving it closer in their aggressive push for passage before the holiday recess. What's in the latest version? Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to break down the… Continue watching
Dec 15 Everything you need to know about the GOP’s final tax plan in 3 charts By Lisa Desjardins On Friday, Republicans released what they say is the final version of their tax plan. Here's everything you need to know about the bill. Continue reading
Dec 06 The Republican tax bill is a fiscally irresponsible, loophole-ridden mistake By Alex Raskolnikov The Republican Party used to pride itself as the party of ideas. But the tax plan is a fiscally irresponsible, distributionally unfair, loophole-ridden mistake. Continue reading
Dec 03 Senate Democrats stand united against GOP tax bill By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Rarely unified, Senate Democrats stood together in opposing the GOP revamp of the tax code. Continue reading
Dec 02 McConnell turns to antagonist to help pass tax package By Stephen Ohlemacher and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Dealt a setback on taxes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was forced to turn to one of his harshest Republican antagonists to pass the most sweeping tax package in more than three decades. Continue reading
Dec 01 WATCH: Senate prepares to vote on the GOP tax bill By Marcy Gordon and Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press The Senate will continue debate on the GOP tax bill Friday. Watch live here. Continue reading
Nov 28 WATCH: Tax bill passes budget committee, but fate in the Senate is unclear By Associated Press The Senate Budget Committee voted 12-11 to advance the bill as two committee Republicans who had said they were considering voting against the measure — Bob Corker of Tennessee and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin — backed the legislation. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch 7:43 CBO report predicts GOP tax plan would hammer poorest Americans By PBS News Hour Congress returns from Thanksgiving to face an extreme to-do list for next month, including funding the government and voting on a tax plan. That comes on the heels of a public apology by Sen. Al Franken after allegations of groping… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch 9:28 Wanting more money for tax cuts, Republicans seek Obamacare individual mandate repeal By PBS News Hour With growing confidence that they will be able to quickly push through tax reform, Republicans are making an even bigger bet by adding the health care debate to the mix. Lawmakers have woven a repeal of the individual mandate into… Continue watching
Nov 03 GOP tax bill would be broadest tax code rewrite in 30 years By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — With fanfare and a White House kickoff, House Republicans unfurled a broad tax-overhaul plan that would touch virtually all Americans and the economy's every corner, mingling sharply lower rates for corporations and reduced personal taxes for many with… Continue reading