Tag: Taxes

Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., speaks at a news conference.

House Democrats unveil bill to make Trump release his tax returns

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 9, 2019 6:23 pm

People cross the street next to the MOMA PS1 art museum located in Long Island City near the site for a proposed Amazon headquarters in the Queens borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018.

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Game of zones: Tax break for distressed communities could come up short

Scott Eastman · January 9, 2019 12:00 pm

This July 24, 2018, file photo shows a portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form for 2018 in New York.

Trump pushes the envelope in promising tax refunds

Colin Wilhelm · January 9, 2019 5:00 am

President Trump joined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, listens to Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington after a meeting with Congressional leaders on border security as the government shutdown continues Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington.

Trump administration says it will issue tax refunds despite shutdown

Colin Wilhelm · January 7, 2019 9:15 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., stand together on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, on the first day of the 116th Congress with Democrats holding the majority.

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Contra Ocasio-Cortez, I’m not longing for the days of the 70 percent income tax rate

Nicole Kaeding · January 7, 2019 9:10 pm

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who will become speaker of the House on Thursday, walks to her new office at the Capitol during a television interview, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.

Pelosi, make those tax cuts permanent

Washington Examiner · January 7, 2019 6:48 pm

Tucker Carlson and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tucker Carlson have one thing in common: Flimsy tax arguments

Ryan Ellis · January 7, 2019 5:57 pm

Democrat Julian Castro talks about exploring the possibility of running for president in 2020, at his home in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. The announcement Wednesday gives the 44-year-old Castro a jump-start on whatâs likely to be a crowded Democratic primary field that has no clear front-runner. He tells The Associated Press he plans to announce his ultimate decision in early January.

Julian Castro cites 90 percent tax on rich in defending Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on tax hikes

Naomi Lim · January 6, 2019 11:56 pm

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., right, listens as Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., left, questions.

The Party of the Rich goes to bat for its constituents

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2019 5:00 am

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Democrats, now in the majority, unveil a comprehensive elections and ethics reform package that targets what they call a "culture of corruption in Washington" and aims to reduce the role of money in politics, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. She is joined from left by Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.

House Democrats want presidential nominees to disclose 10 years of tax returns

Colin Wilhelm · January 4, 2019 7:15 pm

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York's 14th Congressional District, at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggests 60, 70 percent tax rate for the rich to pay for ‘Green New Deal’

Katelyn Caralle · January 4, 2019 4:39 pm

In this July 31, 2015, file photo, Chicago Alderman Ed Burke chairs a committee meeting in Chicago.

Attorney who did tax work for Trump charged with attempted extortion

Caitlin Yilek · January 3, 2019 8:47 pm