Budget Battles
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House Republicans Pass Defense Bill Packed with Culture War Policies
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Trump Promises CEOs Another Tax Cut
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Price Hikes Ease in May, Raising Hopes in Battle on Inflation
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Surprisingly Strong US Economy Is Powering Global Growth: World Bank
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White House Slams Republican Tax Cut Plans
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Blockbuster Jobs Report Sends Mixed Message to the Fed
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Trump Tax Cut Extension Won't Pay for Itself: Analysis
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Trump Tax Policies Would Produce ‘Mother of All Stagflations’: Larry Summers
By Michael RaineySpeaking on Bloomberg TV Friday, former Treasury Secretary and noted inflation hawk Larry Summers blasted the tax proposals being discussed by former President Donald Trump, which include more tax...
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Trump Promises CEOs He’ll Cut the Corporate Tax Rate Again
Former President Donald Trump huddled with congressional Republicans Thursday in his first visit to Capitol Hill since the partisan violence of January 6, 2021. Then he reportedly promised a Business...
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Trump Proposal Would Cut Taxes by $48 Billion for 100 Largest Companies: Analysis
The 100 largest U.S. companies, with profits of more than $1.1 trillion, would see their taxes fall by $48 billion a year under a proposal by former President Donald Trump to cut the corporate tax...
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Republicans Planning New Tax Cuts in 2025
By Michael RaineyRepublican lawmakers say they will push to extend the 2017 tax cuts for individuals set to expire at the end of next year, laying the groundwork for what is expected to be a major battle over fiscal...
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Trump Tax Cut Extension Won't Pay for Itself: Analysis
By Michael RaineyAlthough some of the more enthusiastic true believers continue to insist that tax cuts pay for themselves through higher growth, the economic data has long proved otherwise. As policymakers gear up...
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House Republicans Preparing Tax Cut Plans for Early 2025
House Republicans are reportedly already constructing plans to extend the 2017 tax cuts via a budget reconciliation bill in the first 100 days of a potential second Trump administration. The budget...
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IRS Making Free Tax Filing Program Permanent
By Michael RaineyThe Treasury Department announced Thursday that Direct File, the free tax filing system being tested by the IRS, will be made permanent and open to eligible residents in all 50 states starting in...
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Trump Woos Wealthy Donors With Promises of Huge Tax Cuts
By Michael RaineyFormer President Donald Trump has been busy with his criminal trial in Manhattan over the past few weeks, but he has still found the time to meet with donors in his quest to return to the White House...
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100+ Unions and Public Interest Groups Call for Major Tax Overhaul
A coalition of more than 100 unions, advocacy groups and think tanks wrote to congressional leaders Tuesday urging them to use the upcoming expiration of some 2017 Trump tax cuts to make the tax code...
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Yellen Rejects Global Billionaire Tax
By Michael RaineyTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. does not support a proposal for a global tax on billionaires. The idea has been floated by Brazil, which is leading the G20 group of major economies this...
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Supply-Siders Pitch Trump on a Flat Tax
By Michael RaineyA group of conservative advisers long associated with Republican economic policies are reportedly encouraging former President Donald Trump to embrace the idea of a flat income tax. Bloomberg’s...
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Former Biden Administration Economists Launch New Budget Lab
A huge tax fight is looming as a slew of 2017 Republican tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025 — and, as Natasha Sarin writes at The Washington Post , the government’s budgetary...
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Trump Promises Billionaires: I'll Keep Your Taxes Low
Former President Donald Trump reportedly told wealthy donors to his 2024 campaign that he’ll keep their taxes low and extend his 2017 tax cuts, many of which are set to expire after 2025. Trump’s...
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Free IRS Filing Program Draws Few Users
By Michael RaineyThe IRS announced last week that upwards of 19 million people in 12 states are eligible to file their taxes for free using Direct File, a new program the tax agency is testing this year. But...
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19 Million Taxpayers Eligible for Free IRS Filing Program
By Michael RaineyThe IRS is testing a new online system that offers free filing directly through the tax agency, and over the weekend, Commissioner Danny Werfel said that millions of people are eligible to use it...