Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Robert Samuelson: Why Trump’s Tax Reform Won’t Work
It’s hard to imagine that tax reform is No. 1 on the Republicans’ to-do list when they still don’t have a 2018 budget. Worse, they still haven’t agreed to raise the debt ceiling, as the federal...
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Gary Cohn: Here's What We Want From Tax Reform
By Michael RaineyGary Cohn, President Trump’s top economic adviser, told the Financial Times Friday that the White House will begin a sustained push on tax reform starting next week. The president will hit the road...
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Wild About Tax Cuts, Wall Street Forgets Its Deficit Worries
Max Abelson at Bloomberg Businessweek details how the titans of Wall Street and others in finance — think Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, Bank of America’s Brian...
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Where’s Trump on Tax Reform Push?
The push to promote tax reform to the public is on in force: House Speaker Paul Ryan talked about it at a visit to Intel yesterday and again today at Boeing in Everett, Washington. House Republicans...
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Corporate America Is Putting Its Muscle Behind Tax Reform Push
By Michael RaineySpeaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is visiting Intel Corp. in Oregon today, and it’s not just to discuss the latest computer chips. Ryan’s trip is part of a larger effort by Republicans — and...
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Tax Reform Consensus Taking Shape — but Can It Last?
The “Big Six” members of Congress and the Trump administration negotiating a tax reform package are making progress. The group has reached a “broad consensus” on the key question of how to pay for...
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When Politicians Start Talking ‘Tax Reform,’ Check Your Wallet
By Rob GarverIf Congress ever actually gets around to pursuing tax reform, voters should expect to hear lots of talk about the benefits that would derive from an overhaul of the nation’s barnacle-encrusted tax...
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Here’s How Trump Could Get Democrats’ Help on Tax Reform
By Rob GarverThe Trump administration has been reaching out to ‘Blue Dog’ Democrats to talk about possible areas of agreement on tax reform.
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Are You Rich? Tax Reform May Answer That Question for You
By YLAN Q. MUI, CNBCWhether to raise taxes on the rich is one of the thorniest issues in tax reform. Underlying that debate is an even more fundamental question: Who exactly qualifies as wealthy? Everyone can agree that...
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Meet the Man Who Could Determine Your Tax Bill Next Year
By Rob GarverAll the promises coming from the Trump administration and the Republican leadership in Congress about plans to enact a massive rewrite of the federal tax code have been greeted with caution by much...
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If Romney Wins, Will His Tax Plan Survive?
By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal TimesRepublican Mitt Romney’s signature campaign issue is his plan to cut tax rates by 20 percent across the board to jumpstart the economy. Should he be elected, what are the odds that he will be able to...
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Ryan v. Biden: In 9 Rounds, Who Will Lose It First?
By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal TimesJim Lehrer, veteran PBS newsman and the most experienced debate moderator in America, has some sage advice for the moderator of tonight's VP debate, Martha Raddatz of ABC News, as well as the other...
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Labor Market Shows Signs of Strengthening
By ReutersThe number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to the lowest level in more than four and a half years, according to government data on Thursday that...
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Biden Next Up to Try to Save a Sputtering Obama
By Eric Pianin and Josh BoakFormer President Bill Clinton thrilled the entire Democratic National Convention by giving a stronger explanation and defense of Obama’s economic policies than Obama himself did the next night. Now,...
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Romney Needs Tea Party Support for Tax Plan
By Kim Dixon, ReutersIf Mitt Romney is elected president on November 6, he likely would look to fellow Republicans in Congress to fill in the blanks of a framework to slash rates and pare deductions as part of an...