Finance, investment and tax-related legislation

The Ways and Means Committee voted to approve 12 weeks of paid family leave and a mandate to enroll employees in retirement accounts.

The stumbling block is scrapping the deduction limit without losing progressives wary of a tax cut that would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy.

Nonetheless, the party's congressional leaders are determined to forge ahead with the tax and spending plan.

Senate Democrats are discussing a wider range of tax proposals than President Joe Biden has proposed, including levies on stock buybacks, carbon emissions and executive compensation, as part of a package of measures to help fund a ramping up in social spending.

Key legislators are at odds over how high to increase levies on investment gains.

The lack of tax information from major platforms isn’t a technological limitation. It’s a design decision.

The resolution came after a White House pressure campaign and assurances from Speaker Pelosi helped unite fractious Democrats.

The House Speaker and a group of centrist Democrats will resume talks after hours of negotiations failed to break a stalemate late Monday.

Experts and leading practitioners are looking at ways to mitigate the possible affect of the legislation from a tax perspective.

After early progress in the Senate, the administration's plans now face a crucial test this week in the House.