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California Rep. Devin Nunes, who raised $1.43 million in the first quarter, says he’s worked hard to build a national donor network.

Nunes tops Ways and Means fundraising as GOP weathers PAC ‘pause’

By Doug Sword
Posted April 28, 2021 at 7:30am
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal says additional child care funding is needed given the struggles of working women during a pandemic that has led to the unavailability of child care.

Neal unveils paid leave, child care plan ahead of Biden speech

By Doug Sword
Posted April 28, 2021 at 5:30am
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, doesn't see eye to eye with ranking member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, on inequities in the tax code.

Axing ‘SALT’ limit would widen income gap, witness tells panel

By Doug Sword
Posted April 20, 2021 at 6:03pm
Rep. Tom Suozzi says the aim of the SALT Caucus, which he co-chairs, is to raise awareness and support for repeal of the $10,000 SALT limitation on state and local tax deductions.

Key Democrats flex ‘SALT’ muscles ahead of infrastructure debate

By Doug Sword
Posted April 15, 2021 at 5:21pm
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, will not seek a 14th term in 2022.

Brady decision not to seek another term opens top GOP post on Ways and Means

By Doug Sword
Posted April 14, 2021 at 10:55am, Updated at 3:25pm
Biden is scheduled to speak about his infrastructure proposal Wednesday in Pittsburgh.

GOP response puts Biden infrastructure plan on road to reconciliation

By Doug Sword
Posted March 31, 2021 at 2:56pm
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, here with House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer outside the Capitol on March 10, says his legislation would “end our rigged tax code.”

Sanders rolls out nearly $3 trillion in tax increase proposals

By Doug Sword
Posted March 25, 2021 at 8:45pm
Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in favor of a proposed repeal of a tax on sports betting.

House Democrats roll out their wish lists for Ways and Means

By Doug Sword
Posted March 24, 2021 at 6:00am
IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig is scheduled to testify before a House panel on Thursday.

IRS to postpone April 15 tax-filing deadline by a month

By Doug Sword
Posted March 17, 2021 at 3:08pm, Updated at 3:29pm
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, center, backs tougher curbs on compensation deductions by big companies.

Tightened executive pay limits tucked into coronavirus aid bill

By Doug Sword
Posted March 10, 2021 at 5:30am
A Lyft passenger is seen on Fourth Street Northeast in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 28.

Gig workers would pay higher taxes under coronavirus aid bill

By Doug Sword
Posted March 5, 2021 at 7:22am
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, walks through the Senate Reception Room as budget votes get underway on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.

Parties make more ‘Byrd rule’ arguments to parliamentarian

By Paul M. Krawzak and Doug Sword
Posted February 25, 2021 at 4:42pm
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., released a package of recommendations for the coronavirus relief bill Democrats are putting together.

Democrats’ coronavirus relief plan would curb tax payments for high earners

By Doug Sword
Posted February 8, 2021 at 9:04pm
New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer says budget reconciliation may be necessary to get a repeal of the cap on state and local tax deductions through.

State and local tax deduction cap back in play for coronavirus relief package

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted January 27, 2021 at 6:55pm
Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Banking Committee in 2017 while she was Federal Reserve chairwoman.

Yellen confirmed as first female Treasury secretary

By Doug Sword
Posted January 25, 2021 at 2:52pm
Janet Yellen, nominee for Treasury secretary, and retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, Joe Biden's pick to be Defense secretary, attend Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.

Yellen wins unanimous Senate panel backing for Treasury post

By Doug Sword
Posted January 22, 2021 at 12:21pm, Updated at 6:20pm
President Joe Biden signs documents in the Capitol after his inauguration on Wednesday.

Biden orders will boost food aid, change rules for federal workers

By Doug Sword
Posted January 22, 2021 at 5:00am
House Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. Scott, D-Va., plans to introduce legislation to rescue failing union pension plans.

Democrats eye union pension rescue as part of coronavirus aid

By Doug Sword
Posted January 20, 2021 at 7:07pm
Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to be Treasury secretary, participates remotely in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on January 19, 2021.

Yellen could win swift confirmation as first female Treasury secretary

By Doug Sword
Posted January 19, 2021 at 2:53pm
Rep. Joseph D. Morelle, D-N.Y., pushed for a tax fix for a constituent, other apartment developers.

Rental property owners get late assist in year-end spending law

By Doug Sword
Posted January 13, 2021 at 12:01pm
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., and other Missouri lawmakers have been pushing a carpenters’ pension fix.

Midwestern carpenters would get relief in year-end tax package

By Doug Sword
Posted December 21, 2020 at 9:23pm
Wyden says measure will ease transition to "low-carbon economy."

Craft brewers, railroads and more to see permanent tax breaks

By Doug Sword and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 21, 2020 at 6:00am
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby says it’s “not impossible, but it would be difficult” to reach agreement on the 12 spending bills by Friday.

Familiar holdups threaten omnibus; tax extenders also at risk

By Doug Sword and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 1, 2020 at 7:48pm
Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow is the chamber's fourth-ranking Democrat.

Stabenow says smaller coronavirus relief bill better than nothing

By Doug Sword
Posted November 24, 2020 at 11:44am
Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol Visitor Center on July 24, 2020.

Neal eyes massive coronavirus relief, climate and infrastructure package

By Doug Sword
Posted November 23, 2020 at 7:00am
Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, attends the second day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 13, 2020.

Crapo poised for starring role in economic, health care policy

By Doug Sword and Lauren Clason
Posted November 20, 2020 at 7:00am
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., top left, and ranking member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, released the large, bipartisan bill in the rancorous week before an election.

Top House tax writers unveil retirement savings proposal

By Doug Sword
Posted October 27, 2020 at 10:39am, Updated at 2:13pm
Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., wants to keep remote workers and employers from getting taxed in multiple states and localities during the pandemic.

House Democrats float tax compromises in coronavirus relief talks

By Paul M. Krawzak and Doug Sword
Posted October 21, 2020 at 12:58pm
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leaves the Capitol after a memorial service for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 25, 2020.

Analysts: Biden tax plans will raise less money, hit rich harder

By Doug Sword
Posted October 15, 2020 at 1:44pm
Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., says tax extenders are definitely on the lame-duck agenda.

Expiring breaks for brewers, airlines driving tax extenders push

By Doug Sword
Posted October 13, 2020 at 5:01am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the divide on taxes reflects a difference in values.

Pessimism creeps into revived coronavirus relief bill talks

By Lindsey McPherson and Doug Sword
Posted October 1, 2020 at 12:34pm, Updated at 3:49pm
Rep. John B. Larson, D-Conn., left, talks with Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., during a House Ways and Means hearing on March 3, 2020.

Pension negotiators restart talks with eyes on the calendar

By Doug Sword
Posted September 28, 2020 at 3:16pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference after the Senate Republican luncheon in the Hart Building on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

‘Skinny’ coronavirus relief bill blocked in Senate

By Doug Sword
Posted September 10, 2020 at 1:22pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters in the basement of the Capitol on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

Senate GOP seeks unity ahead of Thursday vote on ‘skinny’ coronavirus relief bill

By Doug Sword
Posted September 9, 2020 at 3:29pm
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is sounding more comfortable with a revised COVID-19 aid package.

‘Skinny’ coronavirus relief plan grows slightly; Senate to vote Thursday

By Doug Sword
Posted September 8, 2020 at 10:25am, Updated at 4:28pm
Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

Biden retirement proposal would upend traditional 401(k) plans

By Doug Sword
Posted August 24, 2020 at 6:30am
Massachusetts Rep. Richard E. Neal, shown here on July 24, is being challenged by Alex Morse in a Sept. 1 Democratic primary.

Progressives eye ‘sea change’ at powerful House committee

By Doug Sword and Andrew Siddons
Posted August 17, 2020 at 12:00pm
Larry Kudlow, White House economic adviser, wants to return to Bush-era capital gains tax rates. But he'll need help from Congress.

Social Security’s safe with us, Mnuchin says

By Doug Sword
Posted August 12, 2020 at 3:23pm, Updated at 9:50pm
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in charge of fleshing out the finer points of President Trump's payroll tax plan.

Self-employed won’t get to defer taxes under Trump’s payroll break

By Doug Sword
Posted August 10, 2020 at 5:05pm
Stephen Moore, pictured in a 2016 interview with CQ Roll Call.

Legality of potential payroll tax move seen as ‘dubious’

By Doug Sword
Posted August 3, 2020 at 3:05pm
“We ought to honor corporations that are doing everything they can not to lay off people,” Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley says of expanding employee retention tax credits.

Amid virus aid divide, parties find common ground on tax breaks

By Doug Sword
Posted July 30, 2020 at 5:00am
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford recently backed out of the running to head congressional watchdog panel.

Fed, Treasury using virus aid funds sparingly: oversight panel

By Doug Sword
Posted July 20, 2020 at 2:31pm
A new flag is raised in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to replace Mississippi's state flag bearing a Confederate emblem.

Mississippi flag bearing Confederate emblem is removed from Senate building

By Clyde McGrady and Doug Sword
Posted June 30, 2020 at 7:55pm
The Valero oil refinery in Houston in April. Oil companies, including Valero, have gone to court to press their claims to alternative fuels tax credits for butane-gasoline mixtures.

Oil companies press legal challenge to butane tax credit denial

By Doug Sword
Posted June 24, 2020 at 8:00am
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., is a member of both the Banking Committee and the new oversight panel created by March virus aid law.

Virus aid oversight report raises questions before key hearing

By Doug Sword
Posted May 18, 2020 at 10:07am
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says lack of congressional action risks turning illiquid firms into insolvent ones.

Fed’s Powell to Congress: Economy needs more fiscal relief

By Jim Saksa and Doug Sword
Posted May 13, 2020 at 11:43am
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard M. Neal, D-Mass., included a laundry list of Democratic tax priorities in new coronavirus aid bill.

Big boosts for families, pensions, blue states in new virus aid proposal

By Doug Sword
Posted May 12, 2020 at 5:10pm
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., attends a news conference at the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 6, 2016.

Pent-up tax demands could resurface in House Democrats’ aid bill

By Doug Sword
Posted May 11, 2020 at 5:32am
Sen. Patrck J. Toomey, R-Pa., was selected by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to serve on what's supposed to be a five-member oversight commission.

Oversight panel to miss deadline set by coronavirus aid package

By Doug Sword
Posted May 8, 2020 at 4:54pm
Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairwoman Sheila Bair has been floated as a possible pick to lead a new oversight panel for rescue package funding.

Pelosi: Oversight commission chief selection coming ‘soon’

By Doug Sword
Posted May 5, 2020 at 4:22pm
California Rep. Susan A. Davis wants to help her hometown paper, The San Diego Union-Tribune, weather tough times.

Democrats’ virus rescue plan would help McClatchy, other papers

By Doug Sword
Posted April 29, 2020 at 2:41pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testifies during a House Ways and Committee hearing in the Longworth Building on February 27, 2020.

No change in Social Security, Medicare finances, for now

By Doug Sword
Posted April 22, 2020 at 4:04pm
A stack of newspapers sits outside an office door in the Capitol on Monday.

Coronavirus aid deal to pass Senate Tuesday, Schumer says

By Doug Sword
Posted April 21, 2020 at 8:57am, Updated at 11:45am
Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., will be House Republicans' representative on new pandemic oversight board.

Hill named to new pandemic aid watchdog group

By Doug Sword
Posted April 17, 2020 at 3:42pm
Union workers await daily job opportunities at the ILWU dispatch hall in Wilmington, Calif., on March 11. Congressional Democrats hope to include a bailout for union pension plans nearing insolvency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the next round of coronavirus relief legislation.

Unions, employers want pension relief included in coronavirus aid talks

By Doug Sword
Posted April 17, 2020 at 6:30am
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin takes a call during COVID-19 aid talks last month.

Treasury followed procedure in denying Trump tax returns

By Doug Sword
Posted April 10, 2020 at 4:08pm
New York Rep. Tom Suozzi authored a SALT relief bill that passed the House last December. Democrats are pushing for it to be included in a new coronavirus relief package.

Democrats face ‘SALT’ challenge in next phase of coronavirus relief

By Doug Sword
Posted April 3, 2020 at 3:50am
The ACE Cash Express store on H Street NE in Washington on March 29, 2020. The Congressional Budget Office says the unemployment rate will shoot up above 10 percent and gross domestic product will contract by at least 7 percent in the second quarter.

CBO: Unemployment rate could hit 12 percent by summer

By Doug Sword
Posted April 2, 2020 at 4:39pm
Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., left, and ranking member Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, are seen during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing. Neal said Tuesday he supports infrastructure investments being part of the next coronavirus response legislation.

Could coronavirus bring back infrastructure week?

By Jessica Wehrman and Doug Sword
Posted March 31, 2020 at 4:27pm
An employee fills up bottles with a hand sanitizer mix on March 20 at the Claremont Distillery in Fairfield, N.J., which is now producing sanitizer and providing it to the general public for free.

FDA is pushed to further loosen hand sanitizer guidelines

By Doug Sword
Posted March 30, 2020 at 3:18pm
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Tina Smith, D-Minn., leave the Capitol after voting on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act late Wednesday night.

JCT: Coronavirus aid bill to cut taxes by $591B over 10 years

By Doug Sword
Posted March 26, 2020 at 5:25pm
Tax provisions in the coronavirus stimulus bill include breaks for withdrawals from retirement funds and distilleries that make hand sanitizer.

Distillers, retailers, pension plans benefit in stimulus plan

By Doug Sword
Posted March 25, 2020 at 2:08pm
An employee fills up bottles with a hand sanitizer mix on March 20 at the Claremont Distillery in Fairfield, N.J., which is now producing sanitizer and providing it to the general public for free.

Distillers rushing to make hand sanitizers are now seeking a tax break

By Doug Sword
Posted March 24, 2020 at 4:02pm
Reporters follow Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as he makes his way to his office in the Capitol on Monday. Senators continue to fight over last-minute adds to a massive coronavirus aid bill.

Senators fight over last-minute adds to coronavirus aid bill

By Doug Sword, Jennifer Shutt and Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:39am, Updated at 4:15pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., makes a statement about a coronavirus economic aid package in the Capitol on Friday.

White House, Democrats hung up on coronavirus stimulus

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted March 13, 2020 at 9:47am, Updated at 3:30pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer speaks at Senate Democrats’ news conference on the coronavirus response Wednesday as, from left, Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., listen.

Coronavirus stimulus talks ramp up as White House mulls options

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted March 11, 2020 at 1:55pm
Medical personnel helped load passengers onto buses as they disembarked from the Grand Princess cruise ship in Oakland, California earlier this year.

Lawmakers criticize cruise lines over coronavirus refunds

By Doug Sword and Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 10, 2020 at 3:51pm
President Donald Trump talks to reporters about the coronavirus epidemic after meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Trump’s coronavirus tax cut hits rough patch as lawmakers talk stimulus

By David Lerman and Doug Sword
Posted March 10, 2020 at 1:45pm, Updated at 5:05pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with members of the White House coronavirus task force team Monday.

White House, lawmakers mulling quick coronavirus economic fixes

By Doug Sword and Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 9, 2020 at 8:08pm
President Donald Trump holds up the emergency funding bill to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus after signing it as Health Secretary Alex Azar looks on on Friday.

White House seeks ‘targeted’ coronavirus stimulus measures

By Niels Lesniewski and Doug Sword
Posted March 6, 2020 at 11:35am
Former Vice President Joe Biden takes selfies with supporters in Sterling, Va., on Nov. 3, 2019. His proposed $4 trillion tax plan would target the rich plan, according to a new analysis.

Top 1 percent to pay 74 percent of cost in Biden’s $4 trillion tax plan

By Doug Sword
Posted March 5, 2020 at 1:06pm
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin holds up a Wall Street Journal article titled “Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates By Half Percentage Point” during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "The Proposed FY2021 Budget” on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Mnuchin, Neal tout infrastructure plan as economic stimulus

By Doug Sword
Posted March 3, 2020 at 2:23pm
Teamsters listen to Massachusetts Rep. Richard E. Neal speak about efforts to save pensions in South Boston on Jan. 24, 2018. The promise of a monthly pension check, once considered ironclad, is now in doubt for more than a million retirees and older workers nationwide, including tens of thousands in Massachusetts and neighboring states. Their underfunded pension plans are creeping toward insolvency, putting benefits they earned over the course of a career at risk of being cut or even eliminated.

Retirees’ worst nightmare: Federal backing of pension funds at risk

By Doug Sword
Posted February 28, 2020 at 5:02am
Steven Seagal speaks to media after arriving at Istanbul Airport in 2019. He settled with the SEC, agreeing to pay $314,000, after failing to disclose payments he received for promoting an investment.

Steven Seagal slapped with $314K fine by SEC over unlawful cryptocoin promo

By Chris Cioffi and Doug Sword
Posted February 27, 2020 at 1:12pm
Two people, both wearing a respiratory mask, stroll along Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II on Tuesday in Milan, Italy. Italy is the last country to be hit hard by the virus with seven dead and more than 283 infected as of Tuesday. The spread marks Europe’s biggest outbreak, prompting the Italian government to issue draconian safety measures.

Senators: Trump coronavirus request just a down payment

By Andrew Siddons and Doug Sword
Posted February 25, 2020 at 11:39am
Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., wants to require all but the smallest firms to offer retirement plans.

Talks underway on ‘Retirement 2.0’ savings package

By Doug Sword
Posted February 24, 2020 at 8:11am
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, left, talks with Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, before he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on "The President's FY2021 Budget” on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Mnuchin defends Treasury tax law implementation

By Doug Sword
Posted February 12, 2020 at 5:11pm
Kevin Brady in a suit and tie sitting at a table

Expert: US corporate tax receipts lower than all but Latvia

By Doug Sword
Posted February 11, 2020 at 3:47pm
Tax provisions in President Donald Trump's 2021 budget take aim at several Democratic favorites. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Clean energy tax breaks, federal workers targeted for revenue

By Doug Sword
Posted February 10, 2020 at 5:48pm
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón, R-Puerto Rico, speaks at a news conference in 2017. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Puerto Rico aid package passes House over GOP objections

By Doug Sword
Posted February 7, 2020 at 12:08pm
California Rep. Mike Thompson pushed back on GOP criticism, saying it was common practice to combine relief provisions for disaster-stricken areas into one bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Puerto Rico disaster bill would revive older tax breaks

By Doug Sword
Posted January 31, 2020 at 6:30am
Chris Allen, right, with Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., in an undated photo. (Courtesy Sen. Pat Roberts)

Chris Allen, Senate Finance Committee GOP tax aide, has died

By Doug Sword
Posted January 10, 2020 at 4:26pm
Arizona Sen. Martha McSally is the lead sponsor of a bill that would address an unintentional mistake in the 2017 Republican tax code overhaul over deducting net operating losses. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Businesses hit by mistaken tax penalty seek help from Congress

By Doug Sword
Posted January 10, 2020 at 5:00am
UNITED STATES - Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., leaves a meeting with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, in the Capitol after agreeing to a spending deal. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Talking taxes 2020

By Jennifer Shutt, Evan Campbell and Doug Sword
Posted January 6, 2020 at 1:38pm
After Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, tweeted his displeasure over the weekend about talks possibly being “detrimental to farmers,” prospects for renewal of the lapsed biodiesel tax credit perked up. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Tax deal in hand, spending package grows in size

By Doug Sword and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 17, 2019 at 5:30am
Rep. Denver Riggleman says it would be “disastrous” for his wife’s Virginia distillery if a 2017 provision that cut excise taxes is not extended past its Dec. 31 expiration date. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Craft distillers, retailers wait anxiously for tax extenders

By Doug Sword
Posted December 10, 2019 at 5:00am
New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. says the House Ways and Means Committee could take up legislation to increase the SALT deduction cap as early as next week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Democrats to move on temporary ‘SALT’ cap increase

By Doug Sword
Posted December 4, 2019 at 6:56pm
Thomas Barthold, chief of staff to the Joint Committee on Taxation, told two committees that refiner claims to tax credits for butane blends could cost nearly $50 billion. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Disputed butane tax credit could cost nearly $50 billion

By Doug Sword
Posted November 21, 2019 at 5:28pm
Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., says Democrats “have to have a SALT vote.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Democrats feeling the heat on ‘SALT’ cap rollback

By Doug Sword
Posted November 21, 2019 at 8:20am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing several initiatives to benefit his constituents, including renewal of tax breaks for bourbon distillers, aid for retired coal miners and appropriations to bolster Kentucky’s hemp industry. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats prepare to duel McConnell over year-end wish list

By Doug Sword
Posted November 20, 2019 at 5:30am
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, walks to the Senate floor for a vote in June. Republican leaders say House Democrats want too much in return for movement on a bill to renew tax breaks known as extenders. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Top Republicans say costs a hurdle to bipartisan tax deal

By Doug Sword
Posted November 6, 2019 at 5:30am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate rejects repeal of state and local tax deduction cap rule

By Doug Sword
Posted October 23, 2019 at 4:08pm
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, center, Sens. Joe Manchin III and Sherrod Brown, right, called for action on Democratic pension proposals this week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats seeking votes in Trump country tout miners’ benefits

By Doug Sword
Posted October 18, 2019 at 6:00am
Washington Sen. Patty Murray blames Republicans for holding up the retirement savings package that includes pension relief for local newspapers. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Local newspapers wait anxiously for pension funding relief

By Doug Sword
Posted October 7, 2019 at 2:50pm
President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to the Oval Office of the White House on Friday after flying to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to award Purple Heart medals to patients. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump gets temporary stay after judge rules for DA in tax records case

By Doug Sword
Posted October 7, 2019 at 10:28am
Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., and House Democrats are looking to roll back the cap on annual state and local tax deductions. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

State and local tax cap rollback included in year-end tax talks

By Doug Sword
Posted September 19, 2019 at 10:29am
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., said he expects the decision on whether to move legislation related to the SALT cap to be made in the next week. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ways and Means to weigh rollback of state, local tax deduction cap

By Doug Sword
Posted September 11, 2019 at 8:50am
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will push for background checks legislation that would close “loopholes.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images file photo)

Ways and Means chairman cites ‘credible allegations’ of misconduct in presidential tax audit

By Doug Sword
Posted August 20, 2019 at 2:59pm
President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the release of his state tax returns. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Pool file photo)

Trying to conceal tax returns, Trump sees political coordination in subpoenas

By Doug Sword and Michael Macagnone
Posted August 20, 2019 at 10:22am
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions following a vote on the budget agreement on Thursday, August 1, 2019. Senate Democrats will push to repeal a Treasury Department and IRS rule, which goes into effect Aug. 11. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats push repeal of state and local tax rule

By Doug Sword
Posted August 2, 2019 at 11:05am