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Cannabis advocates push senators to ease draft bill’s tax burden
As top Senate Democrats finalize their plan for making marijuana legal nationwide, industry and advocacy groups are urging a lower tax rate.
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As top Senate Democrats finalize their plan for making marijuana legal nationwide, industry and advocacy groups are urging a lower tax rate.
Instead, the Senate last week approved a six-page nonbinding resolution (S Res 519), a symbolic motion that carries no legislative weight, that scolded Putin for building up over 150,000 troops on the
Republican and Democratic lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to unleash harsh economic sanctions to punish Russia for attacking Ukraine.
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J. said he was pleased to see so many of the announced sanctions match what was in contained in legislation (S 3488) he previously wrote.
Durbin of Illinois, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Mark Warner of Virginia, Chris Coons of Delaware, Christopher S.
Ayanna S. Pressley, D-Mass., criticized the exclusion of cannabis businesses from federal pandemic relief provided to other small businesses. “This exclusion has added insult to injury.
“We have made historic progress on D.C. statehood this Congress, and the unveiling of D.C.’s second statue in the Capitol is the latest recognition by the House that D.C. deserves to be a state,”
Mike Rounds, R-S-D., changed his “no” vote to “present” to pair with Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M, who would have voted in favor of the nomination.
Bishop Jr., who is chairman of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, said pending House (HR 4502) and Senate (S 2599) bills propose increases for OASCR in fiscal 2022.
New York Rep. Kathleen Rice is the 30th House Democrat to decide not to run again this year with control of the chamber at stake.
In the recent markup of S. 2992, a number of Democratic senators raised concerns with the legislation, highlighting its consumer impacts, privacy issues, and how the legislation might end up protecting
Many Democrats, including Senate Foreign Relations Middle East subcommittee Chairman Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut and Reps.
The law also added a 20 percent deduction for owners of pass-through businesses like partnerships and S corporations, whose owners are taxed at the individual level with a top rate of 37 percent.
Black and Latino candidates in some of the most high-profile races dominated the list of top fundraisers in 2022's fourth quarter.
And until it is enacted, the federal government, currently operating under a continuing resolution, is stuck at fiscal 2021’s levels.
Baltimore’s police commissioner, Michael S. Harrison, said he was “disappointed” the bill did not include the expanded firearm provision.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., who was also at the dinner: “German politics are funny. They can’t say things out loud, on the fly, like we can.
Support from Wyden could be crucial to Robert Califf's FDA confirmation amid concerns from other Senate Democrats.
New lobbying push Small businesses and nonprofits balked at the move at the time and are now lobbying Congress to restore the employee retention tax credit for 2021’s final quarter.
Republicans are opposing Fed nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin over her views on the financial risks of human-caused climate change.