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Taxes

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017
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Money

Watch live: Trump to celebrate GOP tax overhaul

5 years ago

After senators worked past midnight to pass the Republican tax bill, Walter Arandia distributes copies of the daily legislative calendar before lawmakers return, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, early Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

GOP Reps in region split as tax bill passes

All U.S. House Republicans from Pennsylvania voted for the tax package; four of five in New Jersey opposed it.

5 years ago

Listen 1:47
President Donald Trump, with, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks about the passage of the tax bill on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump celebrates legislative win after Congress passes $1.5 trillion tax cut bill

Congressional Republicans delivered on their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, when the House voted 224-201 to pass the tax package.

5 years ago

From l-r., Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., meet with reporters to announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate approves landmark tax overhaul, bill returns to house

Republicans in Congress approved a sweeping and controversial $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, with the Senate voting early Wednesday along straight party lines to move the measure

5 years ago

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), speaks about the Republican tax reform legislation currently before Congress, during his weekly briefing on Capitol Hill December 14. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Charts: See how much of GOP tax cuts will go to the middle class

The average household would get a tax cut of $1,610 in 2018, a bump of about 2.2 percent in that average household's income, according to a report released Monday.

5 years ago

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, as Congress returns to face action on the GOP tax bill and funding the government before the end of the week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The coming effects of the tax bill

Guests: John O’Connor, Leonard Burman A House vote on the final version of the Republican tax bill is slated fo ...

Air Date: December 19, 2017

Listen 49:13
U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Tax plan a dilemma for local Reps

Local Congressional Republican face a tough choice on whether to vote for the GOP tax plan. One NJ rep says he's against it.

5 years ago

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, shown in July, had threatened a
NPR
Politics & Policy

GOP releases final tax bill as Rubio, Corker boost path to Christmas passage

Congressional Republicans released a final draft of their tax bill Friday.

5 years ago

Note: This chart was last updated on Dec. 15, 2017. Source: Tax Foundation, U.S. Congress (Alyson Hurt, Katie Park and Danielle Kurtzleben/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Chart: How the new version of the GOP tax bill would affect you

On Friday evening, congressional Republicans released the final version of their tax overhaul plan.

5 years ago

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at a rally in Miami in April. (Alan Diaz/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Rubio’s defection threatens Senate GOP’s margin on tax bill

Rubio wants to increase the portion of the basic $2,000-per-child tax credit that would go to low-income families.

5 years ago

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., joined at left by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., objects strongly to the procedures as tax bill conferees gather to work on the sweeping GOP plan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Carper on tax change process: ‘This is not regular order’

Frustrations with the way Republicans are moving forward with their tax plan overflowed Wednesday as Democrats like Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware called the process “a farce.”

5 years ago

Listen 0:37
President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump gives final tax pitch as GOP lawmakers reach a deal on a bill

In making his closing argument for tax legislation expected to get a vote in Congress next week, President Trump announced that the changes would take effect early next year.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Politics & Policy

Late-night bid to force severance tax onto House floor fails narrowly

Supporters of a natural gas severance tax attempted to circumvent state House Republican leaders late Tuesday night to push the issue back onto the floor.

5 years ago

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (AP file photo)
Politics & Policy

Toomey center stage as debate begins on reconciling House, Senate tax plans

U.S. Sens. Tom Carper of Delaware and Bob Menendez of New Jersey, both Democrats, are also on the conference committee.

5 years ago

Listen 5:27
The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Tax package would ease hit to residents of high-tax states

Negotiators were working to expand a deduction for state and local taxes to allow individuals to deduct income taxes as well as property taxes.

5 years ago

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