Tag: Taxes

Rep. Steny Hoyer's remarks on Obamacare mirror comments that Republicans have made for years, that Democrats' rush on healthcare essentially allowed them to push through a major bill affecting millions of people without any Republican input. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House Democrat: Jamming Obamacare through Congress ‘didn’t work’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 3, 2017 5:33 pm

GOP tax plan could crimp million-dollar college coaches

Joseph Lawler, David M. Drucker · November 3, 2017 4:51 pm

Krugman got not only the size of an economic effect wrong, but the direction too. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Beltway Confidential

Paul Krugman messed up his tax reform analysis, unsurprisingly

Tim Worstall · November 3, 2017 3:18 pm

In practice, the U.S. tax code is riddled with provisions to aid certain special interests and to steer human behavior. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall)

Republicans are right to limit mortgage deduction

Philip Klein · November 3, 2017 1:56 pm

Thanks to Its Smart Politics, the House Republican Tax Bill Has a Chance

Chris Deaton · November 3, 2017 10:00 am

President Trump leaves for Asia Friday, just as the investigation into Russia's influence in the 2016 elections heat up. The president's foreign travel has helped him stabilize things when Russia-related developments have rocked the White House before, though. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump leaves for Asia as tax reform and Russia probe heat up at home

Sarah Bedford · November 3, 2017 4:01 am

People, not the tax code, should steer spending and investment decisions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tax cuts are about freedom from Washington and special interests

Washington Examiner · November 3, 2017 4:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan insists that his party is prepared and in sync. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

It’s tax reform or bust for GOP ahead of 2018

David M. Drucker · November 3, 2017 4:01 am

Last year was the first time Millennials and Gen-Xers overtook Baby Boomers as the largest part of the electorate. Within the next decade, Millennials are expected to be the largest voting bloc in the country. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Perhaps the biggest winner from the GOP tax reform bill? Millennials

Mattie Duppler · November 3, 2017 3:18 am

Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., center, pauses while speaking to members of the media off the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

New Jersey Rep. Tom MacArthur wants cap on property tax deduction lifted in tax bill

Joseph Lawler · November 2, 2017 9:59 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said he "can't wait to get it, look it over, see if we can take it or amend it and make it better." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate tax bill coming as soon as next week

Joseph Lawler · November 2, 2017 8:35 pm

The Republican plan was crafted with several important principles in mind. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The most important tax reform bill in modern history

Justin Haskins · November 2, 2017 8:15 pm