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Obama Riposte to Trump: ‘America Is Great Right Now’
Dennis [jwp-video n=”1″] President Barack Obama didn’t call out Donald Trump by name, but took aim at the slogan on his hat.
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Reid: ‘Perfect Storm Brewing’ on Budget, Debt, Taxes
By JM Rieger and Niels Lesniewski [jwp-video n=”1″] The uncertainty about the House’s approach to voting on the Iran nuclear deal is prompting warnings about the rest of the legislative
One Day in, Climactic Month Slips Into Pope-Inspired Procrastination
days in September, and the House just 10 days — a sufficient (if hardly generous) amount of time for reaching and ratifying a deal to keep the government entirely open, without interruption, come Oct. 1.
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Children Sing John Oliver DC Song on Capitol Hill
By JM Rieger and Bridget Bowman [jwp-video n=”1″] “There are 50 states in total and we’ll sing their names with glee, but there’s one place that gets shafted and it’s Washington,
GOP Eyes Audacious Escape Plan From Policy Gridlock This Fall
Starting on Oct. 1, the programs and priorities of all federal agencies will remain in limbo until Obama and the GOP leadership settle on a plan for loosening the caps on military and domestic discretionary
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McConnell Quiet on Length of Highway Bill
[jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was noncommittal Tuesday when asked how long any deal over highway funding might run, only saying he was “optimistic” it would
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Reid Fires Back at McConnell Over Highway Funding
[jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday shot down comments made earlier by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said he was “skeptical” an international tax overhaul
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McConnell ‘Skeptical’ of Tax Overhaul Paying for Highway Bill
By JM Rieger and Niels Lesniewski [jwp-video n=”1″] Reacting to an international tax-code overhaul proposed earlier Wednesday by Sens. Charles E.
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Treasury Skips Cruz Obamacare Hearing
[jwp-video n=”1″] A Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the Affordable Care Act got off to an odd start Thursday, when Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, gaveled in without any witnesses.
GOP Defense Hawks Trump Conservatives as House OKs Budget
That proposal, which became known around the Capitol as “Price 1,” would not have added any additional defense money to the budget beyond the $94 billion already set for the Overseas Contingency Operations
Obama Would End Death Tax Break for Wealthy to Fund Middle Class Tax Breaks, Programs
administration says 99 percent of the revenue raised by raising the capital gains tax rate and ending the capital gains tax exclusion at death — what it dubs the “trust fund loophole” — would come from the top 1
Lessons for Lovers of Long-Shelved Budget Reconciliation
A rebutable presumption is that the Republican majorities will hold things together long enough to produce a congressional budget resolution for the fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1, 2015, with the
Boehner Kills Internet Sales Tax Bill (Updated)
The additional 1.6 percent wholesale gas tax would take effect Jan. 1. Emma Dumain contributed to this report.
Could Obama-McConnell Liquor Choice Invite Look at Bourbon Laws?
Meadors said the Kentucky bourbon industry has $1 billion in annual exports.
IRS Warns Senate Tax Refunds Could Be Delayed
The House voted in June to make permanent Section 1 of the tax breaks, 179 expensing.
Democratic Leaders Plan to Bypass Wyden on Internet Sales Tax Combo Bill (Video)
“There is a deadline, Nov. 1,” Durbin said. “The Internet Tax Freedom Act would expire.
Politics, Not Policy, Shape Bridge Over Highway Cliff
The trust fund will otherwise become functionally insolvent on Aug. 1, meaning federal payments for road and bridge projects will be trimmed about 30 percent and checks will get cut only a couple
GOP Plan to Save Highway Trust Fund May Win By Default
Aides in both parties said Senate Finance Committee leaders continue to work on their own plan to keep the trust fund solvent beyond the Aug. 1 deadline that would rely on a roughly similar funding
Senate Democrats Have Full Agenda Ahead
Lamar Alexander, the ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said the measure is a waste of scarce floor time, saying it would provide a mere $1-a-day break for former students
Medical Device Tax Repeal Vote Sought by GOP (Video)
Thune added that he would also want to make permanent the deductibility of state and local sales tax as well as extend or make permanent the current Internet sales tax moratorium, which expires Nov. 1.