Tag: Treasury Department

House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "Tax reform is what people need right now and I'm so thrilled that we are so close to the finish line." House and Senate lawmakers are scheduled to meet formally on Wednesday to begin hashing out the differences between the two versions of the tax code. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Paul Ryan: We are ‘so close’ to passing tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2017 4:04 pm

The Joint Committee on Taxation's findings on the House tax bill line up with assessments of the GOP legislation from outside groups such as the Tax Policy Center and the Tax Foundation, which have found that the tax cuts would accelerate commerce, but not enough to fully pay for themselves. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Official scorekeeper: House tax bill wouldn’t boost economic growth enough to offset cost

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2017 11:01 pm

After Friday, the U.S. debt ceiling took effect again. The new limit is $20.493 trillion, which a government website said on Monday was the total amount of accrued debt as of Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Meet the new debt ceiling: $20.493 trillion

Pete Kasperowicz · December 11, 2017 9:36 pm

"No amount of fake math can change the fact that the Republican tax bill will be a boon to the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations all while increasing taxes for millions of middle-class families and leaving 13 million Americans without healthcare," Schumer said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Chuck Schumer: Treasury analysis of GOP tax plan is ‘fake math’

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2017 5:02 pm

The release is the first public documentation for Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's claims that the tax cuts would spur enough new economic growth to pay for themselves. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Treasury says tax plan would raise $300 billion if faster growth is assumed

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2017 3:51 pm

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim was picked by former President Barack Obama to lead the international lender back in 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Energy and Environment

World Bank president pushes Obama climate goals

John Siciliano · December 10, 2017 12:01 am

Farenthold's former communications director, Lauren Greene, sued him in December 2014 claiming gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and a hostile work environment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Treasury appears to pay $84K in settlement of Blake Farenthold sexual harassment case: Report

Anna Giaritelli · December 1, 2017 6:17 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter Thursday to Inspector General Eric Thorson asking for him to review the Treasury Department's use of taxpayer dollars into the analysis of the Republican tax reform proposals in Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Warren ‘glad’ about Treasury IG’s quick response to probe request for no-show tax analysis from Mnuchin

Daniel Chaitin · December 1, 2017 3:57 am

So Much for the Congressional Accountability Act

Jeryl Bier · November 30, 2017 8:49 pm

"Because we're changing from an international system to a territorial system, we need to make the corporate tax cuts permanent," he said. "Because of that we were forced to phase out the personal tax side." (AP Photo/John Locher)

Steven Mnuchin: Obamacare individual mandate repeal not a bargaining chip in tax reform negotiations

Naomi Lim · November 19, 2017 4:51 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, shows his wife Louise Linton a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. The Mnuchin-Carranza notes, which are a new series of 2017, 50-subject $1 notes, will be sent to the Federal Reserve to issue into circulation. At left is BEP Director Leonard Olijar. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Steven Mnuchin: It’s a compliment that I look like a ‘James Bond’ villain in photo with dollar bills

Naomi Lim · November 19, 2017 4:06 pm

In the first 10 and a half of months of this year, the Treasury Department paid $934,754 to Capitol Hill employees who were the victims of various work issues. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Treasury paid nearly $1 million for harassment, other claim settlements in Congress in 2017 alone

Anna Giaritelli · November 17, 2017 2:16 pm