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Taxes

New Jersey Sen. Joe Pennacchio says a plan to end the limit on property tax deductions on state returns will give New Jerseyans some tax relief. (AP file photo)
Money

Seeking way to soften U.S. tax bill blow, N.J. lawmaker calls for change on state tax rules

The legislation would eliminate the $10,000 limit on property taxes New Jersey residents can deduct on state income tax returns.

8 years ago

Workers listen to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speak at the Pennsylvania Machine Works in Aston, Pa.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

It’s not just a bad tax bill

Why are Republicans so insistent on this legislation? Because the second part of their strategy is to reverse long-established policies that benefit the poor and middle-class.

8 years ago

Toomey walks through a hallway in the Capitol
NPR
Politics & Policy

Chart: How the Republican tax overhaul would affect you

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in Reading, Pa. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders rallies Reading, Pa. crowd against GOP tax bill

The U.S. Senator from Vermont and former presidential candidate said the bill, which passed the Senate over the weekend, was a blow to lower- and middle-class families.

8 years ago

Protesters shout their disapproval of the Republican tax bill outside the Senate Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy

Tax bill should unite American middle class across racial lines

The top 1 percent of Americans use racial and ethnic strife to distract us from the one commonality that should unite us — class.

8 years ago

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(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate Republicans pass massive tax overhaul

If the GOP can reconcile differences in the tax bills passed by House and Senate, Trump could have his wish for signing the $1.4 trillion tax overhaul into law by Christmas.

8 years ago

Tax bill passes budget committee
PBS
Politics & Policy

Watch: Tax bill passes budget committee, but fate in the Senate is unclear

8 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at an Oval Office meeting with President Trump in September. The top Democrats have pulled out of a similar meeting planned for Tuesday afternoon.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Top Democrats pull out of planned meeting with Trump

8 years ago

Graduate students from Rutgers University and others in the Philadelphia region protested in front of U.S. Senator Pat Toomey's office on November 21.
Money

Grad students in Philly, Newark plan to join nationwide walkout to protest GOP tax plan

The tax plan passed by the House could increase taxes on graduate students by thousands of dollars, when many make less than $20,000 a year.

8 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speak to reporters about the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill.
(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

6 possible hurdles for the GOP tax plan

Here are a few of the major hurdles that could get in the way of the GOP plan to keep Trump's promise for a Christmas tax break.

8 years ago

Although slot revenue has declined in recent years across the casino industry, Harrah's Philadelphia in nearby Chester still generated over $13 million in slot taxes last year. Over 150 local governments have been beneficiaries of the local share assessment, which was in limbo after being struck down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2016.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Financial sector sees Pennsylvania gaming law changes as good for municipal governments

Moody’s says the new legislation has already restored investors’ confidence that municipal borrowers can once again count on casinos for millions of dollars in revenue.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Pa. auditor general completes review of DNC staff bonuses

Pennsylvania's auditor general finds that $1 million in bonuses to DNC host committee staffers didn't violate state grant agreement, but the IRS should review two of them.

8 years ago

from top left to bottom right, Sen. Al Franken, Julian Assange, Rep. Paul Ryan, Roy Moore (Associated Press)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Political roundtable with Sabrina Siddiqui and Dick Polman

Guests: Sabrina Siddiqui, Dick Polman We have a lot of politics to discuss today. The GOP tax plan just passed th ...

Air Date: November 20, 2017

Listen 49:18
(AP, file)
Politics & Policy

Next year’s Pa. budget projected to have $1 billion hole

Pennsylvania is already on track to have a significant budget gap to fill next year.

8 years ago

U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur,
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Tax code overhaul: How area representatives voted

Just one congressman from New Jersey voted in favor of the GOP tax plan.

8 years ago

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