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President Trump and Senate Democrats reached a tentative deal to avert a disruptive government shutdown as the White House continues to negotiate with Democrats.
By Steven T. Dennis and Erik WassonJanuary 30 -
The rebellion comes after Johnson blocked swing-district Republicans from having a floor vote this week on their plan for the premium tax credits.
By Erik WassonDecember 17 -
Speaker Mike Johnson will block a push by moderate House Republicans for a vote on renewing expiring Obamacare subsidies.
By Erik WassonDecember 17 -
Influential conservative groups with deep pockets are pushing Republicans to demand steep concessions from Democrats in exchange for extending health care subsidies.
By Erik WassonOctober 20 -
At the Internal Revenue Service, which sits within the Treasury Department, the administration plans to fire about 1,300 workers.
By Gregory Korte and Erik WassonOctober 12 -
One of the most lucrative tax breaks corporate America won in Trump's economic legislation is hitting a roadblock in a minimum tax Congress set three years ago.
By Erik WassonSeptember 25 -
Democratic demands include extending expiring Obamacare premium tax credits and reversing cuts to Medicaid made in Trump's signature tax law.
By Erik WassonSeptember 17 -
Staffing shortfalls and intricate new policies are complicating efforts at the Treasury and IRS to meet tight deadlines for churning out guidance on the tax bill.
By Erik WassonJuly 23 -
The ink is hardly dry on the $3.4 trillion tax and spending package and House Republicans are already at work on a follow-up budget bill coming this autumn.
By Erik WassonJuly 14 -
President Donald Trump secured a sweeping shift in U.S. domestic policy as the House passed a $3.4 trillion fiscal package that cuts taxes, curtails spending on safety-net programs and reverses much of Joe Biden's efforts to move the country toward a clean-energy economy.
By Erik Wasson and Steven T. DennisJuly 3 -
The bill includes tax cuts Republicans campaigned on, a phase-out of Biden-era clean energy incentives and funding for the president's crackdown on illegal immigration.
By Erik Wasson and Steven T. DennisJuly 3 -
President Trump is meeting with a faction of conservative lawmakers at the White House who have threatened to sink his signature tax legislation.
By Erik WassonJuly 2 -
The $3.3 trillion tax and spending cut bill passed the Senate after a furious push by Republican leaders to persuade holdouts to back the legislation.
By Erik Wasson and Steven T. DennisJuly 1 -
The Senate worked through the night on the $3.3 trillion tax and spending package, with Republican leaders still negotiating with key GOP holdouts into the morning.
By Erik Wasson and Steven T. DennisJuly 1 -
Senate Republicans remain at odds over how much to cut Medicaid and other social safety-net programs and how rapidly to end Biden-era clean energy tax breaks.
By Erik WassonJune 30 -
GOP senators voted in favor of the plan to count the extension of Trump's 2017 tax cuts as costing nothing by using an unprecedented accounting maneuver.
By Erik WassonJune 30 -
The $4.5 trillion tax cut bill prevailed in a crucial Senate test vote after hours of negotiations between Vice President JD Vance, GOP leaders and Republican holdouts.
By Erik Wasson and Steven T. DennisJune 29 -
The agreement involved raising the limit on the state and local tax deduction to $40,000 a year for five years.
By Erik WassonJune 27 -
The remarks give Republican negotiators additional breathing room as lawmakers remain at loggerheads over several issues in the massive economic package.
By Erik WassonJune 27 -
Effort to eliminate regulations on short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and silencers hit a roadblock with the Senate parliamentarian.
By Steven T. Dennis and Erik WassonJune 27



















