Tag: Ron Wyden

The solar investment tax credit was't included in the list of 52 provisions announced late last, largely because it expires at the end of 2016. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Solar industry steams as tax credits dry up

Zack Colman · July 21, 2015 4:01 am

"If you've got the yahoos at the White House who review every document â¦ this is the heart of the backlog," said Rep. Chaffetz.Â

Internet tax bill highlights brewing battle over online sales taxes

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

The $39 million in refunds being investigated amounts to an average of about $3,000 for each "suspect return" being examined. (AP Photo)Â

IRS investigating $39 million in ‘suspect’ tax refunds after data hack

Pete Kasperowicz · June 2, 2015 3:32 pm

Senate Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference at the Capitol May 19, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rare Sunday Senate session will decide fate of NSA spying powers

Susan Ferrechio · May 31, 2015 7:03 pm

Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., co-sponsored the bill, which would hold accountable any trade-pact country that is deemed to be manipulating its currency. (Getty File Photo)

Senate rejects ‘poison pill’ currency amendment to trade bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 22, 2015 10:24 pm

Wyden's legislation would change the Obama administration's lack of transparency by making public notes of the trade negotiations in the future. (AP Photo)Â

Senate passes ‘poison pill’ trade enforcement bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2015 5:36 pm

Podcast: On Trade, Warren Wins & Obama Loses

TWS Podcast · May 12, 2015 8:05 pm

This screen shot shows the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission after it was hijacked by the hacker-activist group Anonymous, early Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. (AP Photo)

Aaron’s Law back on the docket

Jimmy Soni · April 27, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, his counterpart on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Fast Track committee vote prompts furious lobbying

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2015 8:45 pm

The latest push by President Obama to win fast-track trade promotion authority in order to subsequently gain approval of a major trade deal with 11 Asian countries is a bridge too far, several conservative groups argue. (AP Photo)

In trade pitch to Dems, Obama has to watch his right flank too

Susan Crabtree · April 22, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2015. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Obama downplays Democratic divisions over Fast Track

Susan Crabtree · April 17, 2015 7:11 pm

Wyden's legislation would change the Obama administration's lack of transparency by making public notes of the trade negotiations in the future. (AP Photo)Â

Wyden says Obama’s ‘excessive secrecy’ feeds cynicism

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2015 6:51 pm