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Senate Republican leaders trying to break a logjam on their proposed health-care legislation are working with congressional budget officials to examine the impact of various changes they’re considering, a process that could take about two weeks, according to a GOP aide.
June 30 -
Donald Trump on Friday said that if Republican senators can’t strike a deal on their health bill, they should immediately repeal Obamacare and then replace it later, a reversal of the president’s earlier position.
June 30 -
Estate planning has once again entered the realm of uncertainty.
June 29
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Republican Senator Bob Corker said Thursday that he expects GOP leaders to scrap a provision in their health bill that would repeal a tax on investment income that affects high-income earners.
June 29 -
Donald Trump attacked the entity he referred to as the “AmazonWashingtonPost” in a tweet Wednesday morning, the latest attempt by the president to cast Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos’s ownership of the Washington Post in a nefarious light.
June 28 -
Senate leaders put off a vote on the Republicans’ health-care bill until after the July 4 recess amid growing opposition from GOP members to the plan drafted in secret by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
June 27 -
President Donald Trump has promised the largest tax cut in history, but for scores of the biggest U.S. corporations, it might be just a tax nick.
June 26 -
The long-awaited Obamacare replacement plan from Senate Republicans wouldn’t do much to preserve coverage for millions of poor and working-class people, but it would deliver tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.
June 23 -
The measure would eliminate Obamacare’s tax increases, including a 3.8 percent net investment income tax, a 2.3 percent levy on medical device sales, a 0.9 percent Medicare surtax and a 10 percent indoor tanning tax. But a tax on expensive “Cadillac” employer-provided plans would be delayed, as in the House measure.
June 22 -
Senate Republicans are beginning to learn the details of the health-care bill they may be asked to vote on next week, with senators saying the measure envisions a more gradual transition away from Obamacare than the House-passed version.
June 21 -
Four days before the one-year anniversary of the release of his tax blueprint, House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a pep-talk seeking to assuage growing doubts about the prospects for a major tax overhaul.
June 20 -
Opponents of the GOP health-care legislation bill are trying to revive grassroots resistance ahead of a possible vote next week, but progressive groups worry that the investigations into President Donald Trump and his campaign are diverting from efforts to derail a Senate version of the bill.
June 20 -
Groups fighting the Republican drive to replace Obamacare say they’re worried that investigations into President Donald Trump and his campaign are diverting from efforts to derail the GOP health-care bill.
June 19 -
Senate Republican leaders drafting a measure to revamp U.S. health-care policy appear to be following the same path as their House counterparts—writing a bill behind closed doors before springing it on other lawmakers and the public close to a vote.
June 14 -
Senator Marco Rubio has recruited Ivanka Trump to help promote his proposal for a new enhanced child tax credit.
June 14 -
The top Democrat on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee said a bipartisan tax deal is impossible if Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin can’t commit to an overhaul that avoids giving the highest-earning Americans a tax cut.
June 14 -
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, introduced a “privileged resolution” Tuesday that would require the House to immediately request President Trump’s tax returns and those of his businesses.
June 13 -
President Donald Trump won’t veto a tax bill even if it provides the wealthiest Americans with a tax cut, according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
June 13 -
Kate Barton, Americas vice chair of tax services for the Americas Tax practice at Ernst & Young, discusses the contrasting tax reform plans of House Republicans and President Trump, and what’s likely to be in the final bill.
June 12 -
Multinationals are in line for a windfall from President Donald Trump’s call to cut the tax rate on U.S. companies’ stockpiled overseas earnings, but a select few would do better than others.
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