Mixed signals sent on fate of tax bill’s health provision
WASHINGTON — Two of President Donald Trump’s leading economic advisers sent mixed signals Sunday on the fate of a health care provision in the Senate version of a $1.5 trillion measure to overhaul...
View ArticleTrump promises Americans “huge tax cut” for Christmas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday promised a tax overhaul by Christmas, a day after the White House signaled its willingness to strike a health care provision from Senate tax legislation if...
View ArticleWill your taxes go up or down? The five biggest questions on the GOP plan
The No. 1 question I get from readers lately is: How likely is the Republican tax plan to become law? Compass Point, a research firm, puts the odds of the tax-cut bill making it to President Donald...
View ArticleRepublican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announces support for repealing individual...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said she would support repealing the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance mandate, giving a potential boost to the Republican effort to pass a massive...
View ArticleAnalysis: House Republicans have a little-known plan to raise taxes on...
By Heather Long, The Washington Post Every year, Brooke Richardson, who teaches English as a second language to mostly low-income Hispanic students in Atlanta, turns to her own pocketbook to help her...
View ArticleTrump to meet with Senate Republicans ahead of crucial tax votes
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans on Tuesday ahead of crucial votes in the GOP effort to pass a massive tax cut package, as conservatives move even closer to...
View ArticleBezos is now worth more than $100 billion, fueled by surging Amazon shares
Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos saw his net worth climb above $100 billion Friday as shares in his online retail giant surged on optimism over holiday sales. Bezos’ ascent is the...
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States prepare to shut down children’s health programs if Congress doesn’t act
Officials in nearly a dozen states are preparing to notify families that a crucial health insurance program for low-income children is running out of money for the first time since its creation two...
View ArticleCongress coming back to crush of business in a fraught time
WASHINGTON — The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol would be daunting even if Washington were functioning at peak efficiency. It’s an agenda whose core items...
View ArticleTrump, Senate GOP scramble to change tax plan to gain votes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans scrambled Monday to make changes to a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of...
View ArticleSenate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds
WASHINGTON – The Senate Republican tax plan would give substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than $100,000 a year, while the nation’s poorest would be worse off, according to a...
View ArticleNumerous Senate Republicans demand late changes to tax bill as votes loom
By Damian Paletta, Mike Debonis and Erica Werner, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are racing toward crucial votes over their tax plan but still have numerous major decisions to make...
View ArticleColorado breweries would get big tax break under Republican tax proposal
WASHINGTON — They aren’t toasting yet, but Colorado beer-makers are abuzz about one piece of a tax package in Congress that would benefit brewers — especially the microbreweries that have become...
View ArticleTax bill advances, final Senate vote uncertain
WASHINGTON — A key Senate committee advanced a sweeping tax package to the full Senate on Tuesday, handing Republican leaders a victory as they try to pass the nation’s first tax overhaul in 31 years....
View ArticleRepublican tax bill advances in Senate
WASHINGTON – The Republican push to rewrite the tax code gained momentum Tuesday after a Senate panel advanced the measure and several wavering lawmakers signaled that they are leaning toward backing...
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CU, grad students concerned about GOP tax plan
Cliff Grassmick, The Daily CameraUniversity of Colorado graduate student Alex Wolf-Root, right, has a meeting on Tuesday with Professor Andrew Chapman. With Katie Gach’s 1-year-old daughter cooing in...
View ArticleSenate rushes tax bill forward, but Republicans split over key details
WASHINGTON – A massive GOP tax bill cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Wednesday, as lawmakers voted 52 to 48 to move the legislation forward toward a showdown vote on final passage by...
View Article38 percent of Americans won’t get a sizable tax cut under the Senate GOP plan
By Heather Long, The Washington Post President Donald Trump flew to Missouri Wednesday to pitch his tax plan as a great benefit to the middle class, but a new analysis from the Joint Committee on...
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Six things Coloradans should watch in the Senate tax bill
WASHINGTON — With help from U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday advanced their plan for what would be the nation’s first tax code overhaul in three decades....
View ArticleSenate GOP presses ahead on tax bill; McCain backs measure
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday pushed ahead on a sweeping revamp of the nation’s tax code, with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressing confidence of final passage by week’s end and a...
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