Tag: Kevin Brady

Republicans disagree over whether Congress or the White House should pay insurers for lowering healthcare expenses for low-income customers. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Republicans warm to insurer payments, but disagree over how

Robert King · June 16, 2017 4:01 am

Last week, members of the Freedom Caucus called on leadership to drop the border adjustment provision in order to move ahead with tax reform. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mark Meadows: No support for phasing in border adjusted tax

Joseph Lawler · June 15, 2017 7:05 pm

Overhauling the tax code would represent a bet that lowering tax rates would stoke faster economic growth and that passing major legislation would boost perceptions of President Trump's leadership. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republicans bet political fortunes on tax reform, with little evidence that it’s wanted

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2017 4:01 am

Company argues its efforts to defeat Republicans' border-adjustment tax are motivated by concern for consumers, not its own corporate interests. (AP Photo/Larry W. Smith)

Koch Industries denies it’s pursuing a special tax break

Joseph Lawler · June 7, 2017 10:09 pm

"If we don't get these additional sanctions at the UN, as I mentioned over the weekend, I have an executive order prepared, that's ready to go to the president that will authorize to stop doing trade and put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea," Mnuchin said Wednesday to reporters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP claims progress after Trump administration and leaders meet on taxes

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2017 10:57 pm

House leaders insist that their proposal for a destination-based corporate tax is undergoing a revamp. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP)

Bad week for the import tax

Joseph Lawler · May 26, 2017 6:43 pm

Republicans are pushing for the permanent overhaul to tax code, rather than a temporary tax cut as the White House has suggested is a possibility. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House GOP begins reform effort as Pence promises ‘most consequential tax cut’

Joseph Lawler · May 18, 2017 6:29 pm

Top Trump economic officials made the rounds on Capitol Hill before the first House hearing on tax reform. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cohn, Mnuchin to meet with GOP leaders in push for tax reform

Joseph Lawler · May 17, 2017 6:51 pm

Kevin Brady, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, told reporters Tuesday that he planned to continue advocating for border adjustment in negotiations with the White House and Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP’s controversial import tax plan gets a hearing

Joseph Lawler · May 16, 2017 8:58 pm

Trump wants to lower the top individual tax rate to 35 percent and eliminate the estate tax, making it clear that his plan is not incremental but radical. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski)

Trump, GOP prepare for tax code bonfire

Joseph Lawler · May 15, 2017 4:01 am

Ways and Means Committee's hearing next Thursday is about "how tax reform will grow our economy and create jobs across America." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House hearing next week will kick off legislative effort on tax reform

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2017 4:10 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas., said early Tuesday that he would soon advance a measure to tighten up who is eligible for healthcare subsidies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP offers Obamacare replacement bills in push for votes

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2017 1:51 pm