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Cornyn-Paxton Runoff Lures Lobbyist Money, Business Endorsements
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is missing support from President Donald Trump, but he has the backing of some of the nation’s biggest lobbying groups in his runoff against Ken Paxton. The incumbent will find out next week if support from lobbying giants such as the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Realtors is enough to overcome Trump’s endorsement of the Texas attorney general, which added fresh intrigue one week before the May 26 election.
Trump Invites GOP Senators to a Shutdown Chat: Starting Line
Lunch at 1600 Pennsylvania Republican senators head to the White House “Rose Garden Club” today for lunch with the president and some Shutdown Day 21 solidarity. “The invitation came to us as a chance to talk about the shutdown and going forward, so I look forward to what he has to say,” said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). The gathering comes as legislative leaders are figuring out their strategy going forward.
Hawaii Sends Two Slates to Electoral College > Hawaii Free Press
What happens when a state can’t decide on its electors How Vice President Richard Nixon handled Hawaii's disputed electoral votes in 1960 is worth remembering by Herb Jackson, Roll Call, October 26, 2020 (excerpt) John F. Kennedy barely edged Richard Nixon in the 1960 popular vote, winning by fewer than 117,000 votes, or less than two-tenths of 1 percentage point. He won enough states, though, that when Congress convened on Jan.
Americans Are Paying For Trump’s Tariffs: Starting Line
Trump’s Tariffs Cost Americans Remember back to “Liberation Day” on April 1? That’s when President Donald Trump announced the US would no longer be taken advantage of by foreign-favoring tariff structures. Now the data is in. The good news: Even with some muted or delayed tariffs following Trump’s blockbuster launch, the ones already in place are giving a significant boost to US revenues. The bad news: Those dollars are coming from US companies and consumers.
Eyes on Weather Service After Texas Flooding: Starting Line
Eyes on NOAA Down in Texas, the search for flash-flood victims continues, with authorities cautioning that the number of fatalities is almost certain to climb. Here in Washington, questions, recriminations, and second-guessing already is underway.
Week in Insights: Less Fireworks Are a Visible Tariff Tradeoff Original
If your local fireworks show felt a bit underwhelming this Fourth of July or was missing altogether, the culprit may have been a 145% tariff on fireworks imported from China. The Trump administration announced the tariffs around the time fireworks distributors were unloading their final shipments for the holiday. Those levies, part of the so-called Liberation Day tariff package, hit an industry that sources nearly all of its products from China and has no viable domestic alternative.
House Breaks Logjam on Republican Tax Bill: BGOV Budget
House to Vote on GOP Tax Bill This Morning House Republicans are about to vote on their massive tax bill this morning, finishing work on the major portion of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) broke a logjam on the bill, advancing past a key procedural vote and aiming to send the massive reconciliation package to the president’s desk this morning. House members voted 219-213 after 3 a.m. to adopt a rule to consider the Republican tax bill.
GOP Still Hunting for Votes on Tax Bill: BGOV Tax Original
Senators pulled an all-nighter negotiating their tax-and-spending megabill while fending off dozens of amendments from Democrats who oppose to the multitrillion dollar legislation. Republicans are still scrounging for votes with as many as eight GOP holdouts as of dawn. The package would make permanent expiring provisions in the GOP’s 2017 tax law, including several business breaks like a faster write-off for research and development.
Senate’s ‘revenge tax’ would still give Trump leverage Original
‘Revenge Tax’ Still Meaty in Senate Bill Senate Republicans may have altered the so-called revenge tax on foreign companies in their version of the GOP tax bill, but their provision still has all its teeth. The Senate’s iteration of proposed Section 899 delays the effective date of the tax for a year, compared with the House-passed bill. It also caps the tax rate increase at 15 percentage points, down from the 20-percentage-point maximum in the House bill.
New Markets credit backers seek inclusion in GOP bill Original
Push for New Markets Tax Credit Renewal of the New Markets Tax Credit—a bipartisan program that’s been around for more than two decades—was left out of the House-passed version of the GOP tax bill, pushing lobbyists into overdrive. Banks, nonprofits, and community development entities are among those asking senators to add the popular credits into the bill.
House tax bill nears final vote after SALT changes Original
Revised House Tax Bill With Raised SALT Cap The House was working toward final passage of a mammoth tax package this morning after it cleared a procedural vote around 2:40 a.m. with only one Republican—Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)—voting against it. A revised bill released Wednesday night includes a deal brokered by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) with a group of blue-state Republicans to raise the state and local tax, or SALT, deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 over the next decade.
Johnson makes inroads with tax bill holdouts
House Republicans Inch Toward Tax, Spending Bill Vote Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is chipping away at internal GOP opposition to a sweeping reconciliation bill as he pushes to pass the legislation out of the House as early as today.
UK Seeks More Data Under Reform Plan: Transfer Pricing Report
Hello and welcome to this week’s Transfer Pricing Report. The UK on Monday dropped a pair of consultations on proposed reforms to transfer pricing and other cross-border tax laws—with changes that could put a bigger burden on companies. Tax practitioners told reporter Somesh Jha that UK-based multinationals face more compliance challenges under new transfer pricing data requirements announced by the tax authority.
Tribal tax credits linked to IRS nominee in spotlight Original
Tribal Tax Credits Linked to IRS Nominee in Spotlight The IRS should open a criminal probe into promoters of tax credits the agency itself has called nonexistent, top Senate Democrats say in a new letter to acting Commissioner Melanie Krause. Investors paid $24 million for the credits through March 2024, Bloomberg Tax reported last year.
Lawmakers plot way to fill Trump Social Security vow Original
Republicans Push Forward on Trump’s Social Security Tax Pledge Republicans are plowing ahead with their plan to extend the GOP’s 2017 tax law along with enacting President Donald Trump’s campaign promises. But one of those promises in particular faces a big obstacle in the procedure Republicans are using to avoid the need for Democrats’ votes. Trump’s pledge to eliminate taxes on Social Security income runs up against the budgetary procedure that allows lawmakers to bypass the Senate filibuster.
IRS's racial bias work may stall amid Trump DEI ire Original
What Trump’s DEI Order Means for the IRS IRS efforts to combat racial bias in audits are likely to flatline due to President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
Now comes the hard part for House tax writers Original
Ways and Means Steps Up Work on 2017 Law House Ways and Means Committee Republicans are kicking their tax bill planning into a higher gear this week, after the GOP squeaked through a high-level budget framework last week. Members on the House panel told reporters last week that they expect weekly meetings in the coming weeks to discuss what may be in the committee’s tax-focused portion of the budget instructions.
Ex-IRS watchdog warns on Musk team's Treasury access Original
Ex-IRS Watchdog Raises Taxpayer Privacy Concerns Former National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson is warning of taxpayer data privacy violations amid Elon Musk’s Treasury Department team gaining access to the department payment systems. Basic information like a taxpayer’s name, Social Security number, refund amounts, and total debts can be viewed in this system, Olson said at a House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday. She currently is director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights.
House GOP seeks IRS documents on Littlejohn leak Original
House Oversight Demands More on IRS Taxpayer Leaks The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is demanding the IRS provide more information about the leak of taxpayer information belonging to President Donald Trump and other billionaires. Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn admitted to stealing return information and providing it to news outlets. He pleaded guilty in 2023 to one count of unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information and was sentenced in January 2024 to five years in prison.
House tax writers set oversight, efficiency targets
GOP Promises IRS Oversight Republicans on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee plan to collaborate with the new administration—and President-elect Donald Trump’s designated budget slashers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy—to hold the IRS and other federal agencies “accountable” and make them more “efficient,” Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said at his panel’s first hearing of the two-year Congress.
House tax writers set oversight, efficiency targets
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California lawmakers brimming with ideas for AI laws
EXCLUSIVE: CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS will target AI next year and are already brimming with ideas for new legislation — beyond reviving failed AI bills from this past year. Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D), who chairs the assembly’s privacy committee that oversees all AI legislation, will be key to advancing new AI bills. Ethical AI use around children will be part of a broad bill Bauer-Kahan plans for 2025, she said in a Thursday interview.
GOP sketches speeding tax bill, but hurdles abound Original
Budget Reconciliation, Explained Republicans plan to leverage a complicated legislative process to speed enactment of President-elect Donald Trump’s tax agenda without support from Democrats. But that’s not without challenges. Sometimes referred to as a fast-track procedure, budget reconciliation nevertheless comes with pitfalls. There are limits to the types of changes that can be made, and party infighting can derail the process if individual provisions are in dispute.
House moves bill on terrorist-linked groups to Senate
Nonprofits, Hostages, and Taxes The House on Thursday passed legislation to let the Treasury Department strip the tax-exempt status of US nonprofits that support designated foreign terrorist groups. The bill also would postpone tax deadlines and suspend penalties for US nationals held hostage abroad. Republicans voted 219-184 to send the bill to the Senate after Democrats who feared a future Trump administration would target political enemies blocked quick consideration last week.
House moves bill on terrorist-linked groups to Senate
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IRS Direct File moves ahead in face of GOP pushback
Direct File Expansion and the States The IRS’s new and expanding free tax filing tool, Direct File, will be open to 30 million taxpayers at the start of tax filing season and is disrupting the tax-prep software industry, which has lobbied for decades against the development of such a tool.
IRS Direct File moves ahead in face of GOP pushback
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Lawmakers link shrinkflation to corporate tax cuts Original
Shrinkflation and Taxes A pair of congressional Democrats is demanding answers from top food producers on why they opted to reduce product sizes—and linking the practice to lower tax rates paid under the 2017 tax law. “The 2017 Republican corporate tax cuts were sold with ‘trickle down’ arguments about benefits to consumers, but these tax breaks actually incentivized price gouging,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Rep.
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Many House members vulnerable, including Perez; here are the top 10
News / Nation & World Latest list includes six Republicans and four Democrats, although many more incumbents are battling for survival on Nov. 5 WASHINGTON — Unlike this year’s presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022.
Many House members are vulnerable. Here's the Top 10
WASHINGTON - Unlike this year's presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Many House members are vulnerable. Here's the Top 10
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) departs a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images/TNS) TNS WASHINGTON - Unlike this year's presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Many House members are vulnerable. Here’s the Top 10
WASHINGTON — Unlike this year’s presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Many House members are vulnerable. Here’s the Top 10.
Unlike this year’s presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Many House members are vulnerable. Here’s the Top 10.
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At the Races: Meanwhile, on the House battlefield
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Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. The Democratic veepstakes and former President Donald Trump’s apparent inability to understand how Vice President Kamala Harris could be Black and Asian at the same time (while also telling supporters Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, who is Jewish, is also a member of Hamas) justifiably grabbed attention this week.
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Crowd worried about Trump urges Biden to drop out
WASHINGTON - They don't know what's next, but a group of Democratic activists who staged a protest outside the White House on Saturday said it can't be worse than what they know is coming if President Joe Biden stays on the ballot against Donald Trump.
Crowd worried about Trump urges Biden to drop out Original
They don’t know what’s next, but a group of Democratic activists who staged a protest outside the White House on Saturday said it can’t be worse than what they know is coming if President Joe Biden stays on the ballot against Donald Trump.
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