Tag: Tax Reform

The filibuster is an important source of leverage for the minority. Eliminating it will make the majority more likely to attempt to enact its agenda with little or no debate and without considering alternatives. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Sorry President Trump: Abolishing the filibuster will not Make America Great Again

James Wallner · May 31, 2017 1:18 am

Trump Makes Unusual Case for Eliminating Legislative Filibuster

Chris Deaton · May 30, 2017 6:00 pm

President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his call for the Senate to end the legislative filibuster so he could pass his tax reform and healthcare initiatives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump: Time to go nuclear in the Senate for tax cuts, healthcare

Kyle Feldscher · May 30, 2017 2:15 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has suggested that all of the House Republicans' ideas for eliminating tax breaks to achieve lower tax rates enjoy little or no Senate support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Republicans have no answer to the trickiest question on tax reform

Joseph Lawler · May 30, 2017 4:01 am

During his trip, Trump became the first sitting president to visit the holy sites of all three major religions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump proposes spending more on healthcare before touting tax cut

Kyle Feldscher · May 29, 2017 12:14 am

Over the last thirty years, the tax code has grown into one tangled mess that is being strangled in its own complexity. (AP)

Our tax code is killing us — let’s fix it

Demian Brady · May 27, 2017 4:01 am

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

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump tax plan won’t cut revenue, Mulvaney says

Joseph Lawler · May 25, 2017 3:46 pm

Writing a budget longer than the standard 10 years would allow Congress to pass a revenue-losing tax reform of that length without needing any Democratic votes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Administration eyes tax reform workaround: A longer budget

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2017 10:43 pm

Muppets creator Jim Henson's company "has been paying the highest corporate tax rate in the world for the last several years," budget director says. (AP)

Mulvaney: We’re giving Big Bird a tax cut

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2017 4:12 pm

The Art of the Possible

TWS Podcast · May 23, 2017 8:30 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says it's "clear now we're not going to get that done by August," but hopes an overhaul of the tax code happens this year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mnuchin confirms: No tax reform by August

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 3:14 pm