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Biden’s proposal would start taxing gains on inherited assets above $1 million, or $2.5 million per couple factoring in the current tax exclusion for up to $500,000 in gains on a primary residence
Bill after bill On the party’s highest-priority bills — the elections, campaign finance and ethics measure known as HR 1 and a background check bill for gun purchases — Speaker Nancy Pelosi
[jwp-video n=”1″] It had rained before dawn, leaving puddles and ice scattered around the Capitol grounds.
Ideologically, the 117th Congress will be nearly equally split between progressive and moderate Democrats, but progressives outnumber moderates in leadership 2-to-1.
Corrected, Dec. 1 | Beneficiaries of more than $1.4 trillion in annual federal funding will find out this week who will be steering the ship as Appropriations Committee chairwoman for the 117th Congress
[jwp-video n=”1″] Kelly, if elected, would be the first Black woman in a top leadership post since Shirley Chisholm was elected caucus secretary in 1977.
[jwp-video n=”1″] “I know the vote on the floor is difficult for [the] speaker,” the California Republican said.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Massie did indeed try to force a recorded vote on the bill Friday, but members’ efforts to get to Washington proved successful in blocking him.
[jwp-video n=”1″] “But to have the party committees do it — it crosses a line,” McGehee said.
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Now, with one year before our country’s next general election, it is clear that the President of the United States is actively soliciting interference from another foreign
With barely five weeks left before the current stopgap funding measure runs dry, congressional leaders are scrambling to make headway on appropriations for the fiscal year that began on Oct.1.
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Flashback: Trump announces national emergency on border, despite likely legal challenge [jwp-video n=”1″] Different goals While few Democrats have mentioned specific legislative remedies
The California Democrat cited passage of HR 1, her caucus’s campaign finance, ethics and voting rights overhaul, as the greatest “symbol of change” from the first 100 days.
ICYMI: Pelosi focuses on HR1 and the anti-Semitism resolution in weekly presser [jwp-video n=”1″] Dems still see opening Democrats were quick to ignore the “this is news” part of Pelosi’s
Passed 234-175 (R 223-1; D 11-174) on May 8, 2018.