Tag: Tax Reform

"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

The meeting was expected to focus on healthcare reform and tax reform, which are top legislative items. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican leaders boast ‘good productive meeting’ with Trump

Susan Ferrechio · June 6, 2017 10:06 pm

The longer the fiscal battle rages inside the administration, the harder Spicer's job gets. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Stuck in the middle of a fiscal fight, Sean Spicer admits White House doesn’t have debt ceiling strategy

Philip Wegmann · June 6, 2017 9:01 pm

Some have floated the possibility that Republicans could use budget reconciliation to get an infrastructure plan through if healthcare or tax reform fail, but Schumer warned Republicans against using that route. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer: Senate GOP in ‘no man’s land’ on healthcare

Al Weaver · June 6, 2017 7:34 pm

Business executives expect tax reform to happen but will cut hiring and investment plans if Congress and Trump fail to deliver, CEO says. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for JPMorgan Chase/AP Images)

JPMorgan’s Dimon: ‘The urgency for tax reform cannot be overstated’

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2017 3:33 pm

President Trump previewed his meeting with Republican leaders Tuesday afternoon by saying the GOP must get healthcare and tax reform "right." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: GOP ‘must get it right’ on healthcare, tax reform

Melissa Quinn · June 6, 2017 11:19 am

How Steve Scalise plans to make tax reform and a balanced budget happen

Philip Wegmann · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

"I think tax reform is an easier lift," Ron Johnson said. "There are a number of pretty good proposals out there." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson: Tax reform an easier lift than healthcare

Robert King · June 4, 2017 5:12 pm

David Koch of Koch Industries is affiliated with the free-market political nonprofit Americans for Prosperity, which is spending several hundred thousands of dollars on a web and social media ad campaign pushing a petition for tax reform. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Americans for Prosperity kicks off pro-tax reform ad campaign

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2017 9:00 am

Mnuchin explained that the administration's plan was to assess the tax plan using "dynamic analysis," meaning that it will count on new revenues generated by faster economic growth resulting from the lower rates. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mnuchin: Trump wants tax reform, not just tax cuts

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 9:23 pm

"Our tax bill is moving along in Congress, and I believe it's doing very well," Trump said Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump says his ‘tax bill,’ yet to be written, is going ‘very well’ in Congress

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2017 8:16 pm

"Should America embrace and accelerate the use of advanced energy sources, it can open new markets for a wide range of goods and services, promote prosperity in emerging economies, and establish new energy tethers and political influence," the retired admirals and generals wrote to the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Mick Mulvaney: OK if tax reform increases deficit

Tom Rogan · June 1, 2017 12:51 am