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Sens. Maria Cantwell and Todd Young attend a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Feb. 9, 2023.

Low-income housing credit bill back in the mix for tax package

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 29, 2025 at 12:17pm, Updated April 30, 2025 at 5:16pm
Aides to former top tax writers like ex-Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, are in demand as lobbying heats up. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

First-quarter tax lobbying bonanza as reconciliation beckons

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 23, 2025 at 8:31am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, right, made a vague pledge to secure deep spending cuts in a rare joint news conference with Speaker Mike Johnson.

Budget promises put to the test

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 14, 2025 at 4:54pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hold a news conference on the revised budget resolution on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House OKs budget blueprint after GOP leaders’ cuts pledge

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 10, 2025 at 9:34am, Updated at 1:16pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, arrives for the House Rules Committee hearing in the Capitol on Wednesday on bringing the budget resolution to the House floor.

Budget vote postponed in House as GOP works to quell revolt

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 9, 2025 at 5:38pm, Updated at 9:47pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on April 1.

Budget battle in the House

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 7, 2025 at 3:59pm
Staffers wheel pizzas through the Capitol as the Senate prepares to begin its vote-a-rama on the GOP’s budget resolution on Friday evening.

Senate begins long night of budget votes

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 4, 2025 at 9:36pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., seen in the Capitol on Thursday, was the last senator to vote on motion to proceed to the budget resolution.

Senate starts debate on GOP budget plan after delayed vote

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted April 3, 2025 at 8:36pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks through the Senate Reception Room in the Capitol on March 11.

Senate Republicans get ready to roll on revised budget

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 2, 2025 at 6:01pm, Updated April 7, 2025 at 2:45pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, faces a challenging climate on fiscal 2026 bills.

Tough climate for appropriations

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 28, 2025 at 6:40pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget timeline moves up in Senate as GOP preps flexible targets

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 27, 2025 at 10:35am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., attends a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Feb. 27.

Warren puts Treasury nominee on the spot ahead of hearing

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 5, 2025 at 12:30pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., seen in the Capitol last week, will try to shepherd a continuing resolution through the House despite a partisan spat over reining in presidential spending authority. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Stopgap spending decision time

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 3, 2025 at 3:57pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Next up for ‘big, beautiful’ budget package: House-Senate talks

By Caitlin Reilly, David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 27, 2025 at 5:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, right, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the morning of the budget resolution vote on Tuesday.

GOP budget adopted in House after late arm-twisting

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 25, 2025 at 8:25pm, Updated at 9:34pm
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, co-chair of his party's Congressional Hispanic Conference, led a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson highlighting concerns about potential cuts.

House GOP group wants to pump brakes on big spending cuts

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 19, 2025 at 10:10pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One en route to North Carolina and California on Jan. 24.

Budget reconciliation pressures mount

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 19, 2025 at 4:14pm
Vice President JD Vance leaves the Republican Senate luncheon in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate GOP sticks with slimmer budget plan, despite Trump

By Caitlin Reilly, David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted February 19, 2025 at 10:39am, Updated at 3:45pm
House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, arrives for Thursday's markup of the fiscal 2025 budget resolution in the Cannon House Office Building building on Thursday.

GOP budget framework gets over initial hurdle in House

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 13, 2025 at 10:00pm
Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, right, and ranking member Brendan F. Boyle, D-Pa., are seen during the House Budget Committee markup on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House budget headed for panel approval after deal with holdouts

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted February 13, 2025 at 12:10pm
Rep. Blake D. Moore, R-Utah, the vice chair of the House Republican Conference, is seen in the Capitol on Jan. 14.

House budget blueprint ready for close-up amid GOP ‘angst’

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 12, 2025 at 1:50pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

House GOP preps all-in-one budget blueprint for committee vote

By Aidan Quigley, Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted February 11, 2025 at 1:45pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Feb. 5. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget reconciliation stalls

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 10, 2025 at 3:35pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., at the Republican National Committee meeting on Jan. 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Divided House GOP searches for solution on budget resolution

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted February 5, 2025 at 5:42am
Senate Budget Committee Democrats hold a media availability in protest of the committee advancing Russ Vought’s nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday. From left are Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.

Vought nomination advances despite Democrats’ boycott

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 30, 2025 at 2:17pm
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024.

Bipartisan Senate duo wants to tax more companies out of Russia

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 30, 2025 at 10:23am
“I don't mind reviewing things. I just want to find out what happened, and what's the end game,” Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said.

White House seeks to tamp down concerns over funding directive

By Aidan Quigley, Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted January 28, 2025 at 2:37pm, Updated at 3:39pm
Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 16.

Bessent easily confirmed as Trump’s Treasury secretary

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 27, 2025 at 6:13pm
Scott Bessent, left, President Donald Trump’s intended nominee for Treasury secretary, and Senate Finance Chairman Michael D. Crapo arrive for Bessent's confirmation hearing on Jan. 16.

Finance Democrats seek assurances from Bessent on taxes ahead of vote

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 20, 2025 at 2:13pm, Updated at 6:54pm
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's intended nominee for Treasury secretary, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Bessent warns of ‘devastating’ consequences if tax cuts lapse

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 16, 2025 at 4:58pm
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s intended nominee for Treasury secretary, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Jan. 7.

Democrats: Bessent avoided Medicare tax on hedge fund earnings

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 15, 2025 at 9:02pm
Marlin Stutzman is pictured in the Capitol on Tuesday. The Indiana Republican is once again a congressman.

How to feel reenergized in Congress? Come back after eight years

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:36pm
Rep. Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, listens to the national anthem in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024.

Reconciliation debate to test ‘tax cuts for the rich’ narrative

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 13, 2025 at 11:02am
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., hands out bottles of water to reporters staking out the House Ethics Committee offices on Nov. 20. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

GOP eyes compromise ‘SALT’ cap in low-to-mid five figures

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 13, 2025 at 8:49am
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania, followed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and wife Kimberly, walk through the Ohio Clock Corridor on Wednesday.

‘Horse race’ is on as Trump hears from senators on budget strategy

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted January 8, 2025 at 9:17pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

No shutdown: Biden signs three-month stopgap funding bill

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted December 20, 2024 at 7:00pm, Updated December 22, 2024 at 9:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with the media in the Capitol on Thursday before a vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government.

Trump-endorsed stopgap funding plan goes down to defeat

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 19, 2024 at 7:24pm, Updated at 8:16pm
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is pushing for a two-pronged reconciliation process to pass border security and other spending and then tax cuts next year.

Big tax-cut and spending agenda

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted December 9, 2024 at 3:23pm
Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington on July 10.

Hedge funder Bessent gets Trump blessing for Treasury

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 22, 2024 at 7:12pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is seen in the Capitol on Sept. 18.

Sanders set to take seat on Senate Finance panel — maybe

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 22, 2024 at 6:00pm, Updated at 6:23pm
Maryland Democratic Rep. Steny H. Hoyer says he originally voted for the measure because he agreed with its intention but the legislation needed a stronger appeals process for organizations targeted by the Treasury Department.

Tax-exempt crackdown measure passes despite Democrat defections

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 21, 2024 at 3:00pm
Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., defeated Kansas Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids in a caucus election.

New Dems elect Schneider chair for the 119th Congress

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 20, 2024 at 6:36pm
Howard Lutnick, left, with President-elect Donald Trump in Michigan in October.

Lutnick tapped to lead Commerce Department under Trump 2.0

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 19, 2024 at 2:51pm
Reps. Brad Schneider of Illinois and Sharice Davids of Kansas are vying to chair the center-left New Democrat Coalition.

New Dems bullish heading into second Trump administration

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 19, 2024 at 6:01am
President-elect Donald Trump has yet to tip his hand on whether he wants Congress to pass an omnibus spending package this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Funding strategy unresolved

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted November 12, 2024 at 4:57pm
Former Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., walks down the House steps on Sept. 30, 2022.

Campaign-trail tax proposals face difficult road to passage

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 30, 2024 at 2:03pm
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, speaks with ranking member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., before a committee markup on Sept. 11.

Tax lobbying ramps up in third quarter ahead of elections

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:41pm
Former President Donald Trump speaks on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump goes big on tariffs, floats business relocation penalty

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 15, 2024 at 4:36pm
If Congress doesn’t act by the end of next year to replace or extend expiring tax provisions, households of all incomes would see their taxes increase. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Tax veterans see protracted standoff over expiring breaks

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 15, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, speaks with reporters after a vote in the Capitol on Sept. 11.

Chief Senate GOP tax writer floats alternative cost estimate for 2025 package

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 18, 2024 at 10:13am
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump does U-turn on ‘SALT’ deduction cap

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 17, 2024 at 4:45pm
Rep. Steven Horsford is pictured outside the Capitol after House votes on July 25.

Nevada’s Horsford likely to rejoin Ways and Means panel

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 30, 2024 at 12:34pm
The services of veteran legislators like former Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, are in hot demand as K Street gears up for 2025 tax debate.

Biggest lobbying interests buck trend with higher 2024 spending

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 13, 2024 at 3:57pm
Then-Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., walks through the Capitol on Oct. 25, 2017.

Walz’s fiscal record veered from moderate to progressive champion

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 8, 2024 at 2:43pm
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is seen after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Bipartisan tax package blocked as senators head for exits

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 1, 2024 at 3:05pm
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27 in St. Cloud, Minn.

Trump pitches repealing tax on Social Security benefits

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 31, 2024 at 3:47pm, Updated at 5:46pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, stands on stage with family after addressing the Republican National Convention on July 17.

VP nominee Vance a likely no-show for kid tax break vote

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 31, 2024 at 5:00am
Sen. Bernie Sanders is not someone who Wall Street, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical industries want to see on the tax-writing committee.

Sanders may bring his populist brand to powerful Finance panel

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:00am
Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar speaks to reporters as she arrives for the Senate Democrats’ lunch in the Capitol.

Klobuchar staying put, not interested in Menendez’s Finance slot

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 23, 2024 at 8:27pm
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on reproductive rights in the Capitol on June 18.

Names circulate for Finance panel seat if Menendez leaves

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 22, 2024 at 3:19pm
Sen. JD Vance appears on stage for a podium check at the Fiserv Forum before the start of the Tuesday session of the Republican National Convention.

Vance has diverse record on tax, spending

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 12:30pm
President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance and sagging poll numbers could embolden Republicans on tax and spending policies.

GOP’s political edge

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:51pm
New York Reps. Nick LaLota, left, and Anthony D’Esposito leave a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on April 30.

Financial Services spending bill a big test for slim GOP margin

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 2:55pm
Then-Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., attends the House Ways and Means Committee markup of the GOP tax overhaul plan on Nov. 9, 2017.

Newer crop of tax writers prepares to take on legacy 2017 law

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 1, 2024 at 10:08am
Rep. Blake D. Moore, R-Utah, speaks during a news conference following a House Republican Conference meeting on April 10.

House Republicans shift message on extending 2017 tax cuts

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 21, 2024 at 6:30am
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, left, pictured talking with ranking member Michael D. Crapo before a hearing in March, says he will work with other committee Democrats to come up with a “menu” of possible revenue raisers.

Senate Finance Democrats look to raise revenue for 2025 tax cliff

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 20, 2024 at 3:35pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., opened the door to renegotiating a budget caps deal but warned that nondefense spending must increase with defense.

Spending caps in peril

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 17, 2024 at 3:15pm
Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn speaks to a reporter in the Capitol on June 4.

Trump plan to eliminate tip tax garners Capitol Hill interest

By Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted June 13, 2024 at 7:14pm
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, left, has set up 10 tax teams charged with preparing for the 2025 expiration of provisions of the 2017 tax law, but top Democrats on the congressional tax-writing panels, such as Ways and Means ranking member Richard E. Neal, have indicated little interest in establishing competing working groups.

House GOP ‘tax teams’ in the spotlight as major expirations near

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 3, 2024 at 12:47pm
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., is seen in the Capitol before Senate votes on April 23.

Senate GOP bill seeks to protect anonymous nonprofit donors

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 14, 2024 at 2:07pm
Martin O’Malley, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, called on Congress to take action sooner than later to shore up the Social Security trust fund.

Stronger economy improves outlook for Medicare, Social Security

By Caitlin Reilly and Jessie Hellmann
Posted May 6, 2024 at 6:18pm
Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., arrives for a House GOP meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on May 23, 2023.

Expiring foreign income deduction gains bipartisan support

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 30, 2024 at 10:03am
Rep. Frank D. Lucas, R-Okla., emphasizes traditional banking issues in his run to become top Republican on House Financial Services in the next Congress.

Lucas notes ‘capital-starved’ Oklahoma in Financial Services bid

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 29, 2024 at 5:00am
Lobbyists have already begun to prepare for tax provisions due to expire at the end of 2025.

Unfinished bills, tax law preparation push lobbying spending up

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 23, 2024 at 4:34pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday.

Democrats prepare to ride to Johnson’s rescue, gingerly

By Caitlin Reilly, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted April 18, 2024 at 1:29pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen in the Capitol before the House voted to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Friday.

Piecemeal supplemental spending plan emerges in House

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted April 15, 2024 at 9:08pm
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., leaves a House Republican Conference meeting on Oct. 24, 2023.

Harris sticks with Agriculture spending, Amodei likely to head DHS panel

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 12, 2024 at 2:53pm
President Joe Biden, left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, face an election-year clash over the president's fiscal 2025 budget.

Biden’s budget dissected

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley, Caitlin Reilly and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 25, 2024 at 2:54pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, before an Oct. 31 panel hearing.

Senate sends spending package to Biden, wrapping up fiscal 2024

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 23, 2024 at 2:05am
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., right, shown with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said he is part of an effort to determine whether there is enough Senate support for the tax break bill.

Senate Democrats seek to maneuver tax deal to the floor

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 15, 2024 at 6:00am
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., is chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.

House Democrats urge VA to find gun rider workaround

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 13, 2024 at 2:13pm
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is seen during votes in the Capitol on Jan. 23.

LGBTQ-related earmark dropped from spending package amid furor

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 6, 2024 at 2:22pm, Updated at 3:39pm
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Fla., isn't sure if he'll support the package during Wednesday's vote.

Gun rider injects a bit of uncertainty into spending bill vote

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 6, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., says GOP-authored bill is a "fig leaf" to conceal opposition to broader middle-class tax cut.

Rule for ‘SALT’ bill goes down, likely sealing its fate

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 14, 2024 at 5:47pm, Updated at 6:36pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer hopes to assemble bipartisan support for swift passage of a border security and war funding package.

Border-war aid package on tortured path

By David Lerman, Mark Satter and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 5, 2024 at 2:58pm
"Last time I checked, there's two chambers," Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said.

Senate Republicans pump brakes on tax deal after big House win

By Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted February 1, 2024 at 4:30pm
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.

‘SALT’ bill on shaky ground after getting over Rules hump

By K. Sophie Will and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 1, 2024 at 1:36pm
Passage marks a victory for Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., who is seen waiting to do a television interview in the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday.

Tax bill overcomes objections from left and right, passes House

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 31, 2024 at 8:37pm, Updated at 9:43pm
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, arrives on the Senate subway for a vote on Wednesday.

House GOP clears path for tax package with ‘SALT’ on the side

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 31, 2024 at 3:46pm
Sign posted outside the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

House GOP weighs sidecar tax deal on ‘SALT,’ child credit

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 30, 2024 at 9:22pm
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday.

‘SALTy’ House Republicans nearly sink rule over tax deal

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 30, 2024 at 3:39pm
Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Jan. 17.

Johnson’s plan to expedite tax deal already faces backlash

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 29, 2024 at 9:22pm
House Ways and Means chairman Jason Smith, center, faces blowback on his bipartisan tax package.

Appropriations breakthrough and tax bill uncertainty

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 29, 2024 at 1:56pm
Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, R-N.C. presides during an Oct. 18 ballot as the House sought to choose a new speaker.

Lobbying spending by top interest groups dipped amid 2023 gridlock

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 24, 2024 at 3:10pm
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is pushing to pass a tax deal by month's end.

Prospects for tax and border deals

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 22, 2024 at 5:10pm
Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., attends the Arlington Democrats Chili Cook-Off at the Lyon Park Community Center in Arlington, Va., on Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2023.

Strong bipartisan showing in first test of tax deal’s support

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 19, 2024 at 4:06pm
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., enters the Senate subway after speaking with reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 10.

Tax panel leaders clinch deal on child credit, business breaks

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 16, 2024 at 10:13am, Updated at 7:11pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., is among those who want to put the brakes on fast-moving tax package until modifications are made.

Chief tax writers working to broaden appeal of tentative accord

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 11, 2024 at 6:02pm
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., announced Thursday he would retire rather than seek another term.

Missouri’s Luetkemeyer announces plans to retire when term ends

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 4, 2024 at 3:00pm
Reps. French Hill, R-Ark., left, and Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., center, are seen as favorites to become the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., second from right, is also seen as a contender.

Luetkemeyer, Hill favorites for top Financial Services Republican

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 12, 2023 at 1:39pm