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Hours after House Republicans jubilantly passed their tax bill, their colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee approved a far different version—one that postpones difficult questions as lawmakers rush to refashion much of the U.S. economy on a tight timeline.
November 17 -
House Republicans passed their tax-overhaul bill on Thursday as Senate tax writers sent their proposal to make individual breaks temporary and repeal a key part of the Obamacare law to the Senate floor. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day:
November 16 -
Senate Republicans have tossed a potential bomb in the middle of their tax overhaul bill.
November 15 -
Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day.
November 15 -
The Senate tax-writing committee continues hammering out the details of its tax cut proposal on Tuesday, while the House may vote on its bill as soon as Thursday. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day:
November 14 -
The Senate tax-writing committee plans to start hammering out the details of its tax cut proposal on Monday. The House may vote on its bill as soon as Thursday. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day.
November 13 -
Republican tax writers in the House and Senate scoured the U.S. tax code Thursday and shook the couch cushions for loose change, as one member put it, in an all-day struggle to find ways to pay for the deep tax cuts their leaders and President Donald Trump have promised.
November 10 -
It’s crunch time for Republican tax-writers on Thursday. The House Ways and Means Committee enters its final day of hammering out its tax-cut legislation, while a Senate panel plans to reveal its own version. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day:
November 9 -
President Donald Trump encouraged GOP senators to push ahead with their tax-cut plans Tuesday, hours after feuding publicly with fellow Republican Bob Corker.
October 24 -
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin got a swift rebuttal after he went on national television to claim a hypothetical Indiana family would save $1,000 under President Donald Trump’s tax plan.
October 24 -
Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch emerged from a bipartisan meeting with President Donald Trump saying there’s a chance that a bipartisan tax bill could emerge from his committee.
October 18 -
Congressional leaders expect heavy lifting ahead.
October 5 -
Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee said they were “taken aback” to find out the Internal Revenue Service has recently signed a $7.25 million contract with Equifax for verifying taxpayer identities after the company admitted to a massive data breach exposing the personal information of approximately half of all Americans.
October 4 -
The White House is showing “softness” on ending a $1.3 trillion federal tax deduction filers get for their state and local taxes, Senator Bob Corker said Monday, warning that it raises questions about the GOP’s “intestinal fortitude” and could imperil a tax overhaul.
October 3 -
President Donald Trump and Republican leaders unveiled a nine-page framework to rewrite the nation’s tax code this week to rave reviews from within their party. But now the hard part starts—with the tax-writing committees in the House and Senate tasked with settling some of the most divisive issues.
September 29 -
President Donald Trump kicked off his campaign to cut tax rates for corporations and individuals, casting the proposal as an economic jolt that would boost hiring across the country.
September 27 -
President Donald Trump and Republican leaders launched an urgent effort to get a major legislative win this year, announcing a long-awaited tax plan that will immediately set off a fight over how much top earners should pay.
September 27 -
Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch is downplaying the prospect that the White House and congressional Republican leaders will be able to deliver a unified framework for tax legislation next week, as other officials have promised.
September 20 -
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday to discuss reforming the business tax code and heard from a group of panelists, including a representative of the American Institute of CPAs.
September 19 -
White House legislative director Marc Short said Friday that the administration is determined to release the outlines of tax plan negotiated with GOP leaders by the end of the month, even as the Senate’s chief tax writer signaled that the document might not carry that much weight.
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