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Tax Reform
Apr. 25, 2018
Looks Like Trump Genuinely Enacted (a Tiny Bit of) Tax ‘Reform’
The GOP tax bill will slash the number of filers who use the regressive mortgage-interest deduction by more than half, according to the JCT.
By
Eric Levitz
Mar. 15, 2018
6 Weird and Worrying Moments From Trump’s Missouri Fundraising Speech
Trump bragged about giving Trudeau fake facts, mocked past presidents for not meeting Kim Jong-un, and described a nonexistent “bowling ball test.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
Feb. 3, 2018
Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet Connecting Woman’s Tiny Raise to Tax Cut
This was probably for the best.
By
Benjamin Hart
Dec. 22, 2017
Trump Hurries to Sign Tax Bill Because the TV Told Him To
The GOP’s massive giveaway for the wealthy is officially law.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Dec. 21, 2017
DI Politics Chat: The GOP Got Their Tax Cuts. Now What?
4 Daily Intel staffers chat about the tax bill, whether it will help the Democrats take back power, and what pieces of it they should keep if they do.
By
Jonathan Chait,
Ed Kilgore,
and
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Dec. 20, 2017
Republicans Didn’t Reform the Tax Code. They Never Wanted To.
Republicans ruled out writing a bill premised on their own supposed goals.
By
Jonathan Chait
Dec. 19, 2017
Paul Ryan Tweets Out Highlight Reel of Him Lying About Taxes for 20 Years
Ah, memories.
By
Benjamin Hart
Dec. 17, 2017
McCain to Miss Pivotal Senate Tax Vote After Chemotherapy Complications
He’s going home to Arizona after several days in the hospital.
By
Benjamin Hart
Dec. 2, 2017
Senate Passes Huge Tax Bill That Rewards the Rich
Chockful of provisions that the one percent will love.
By
Benjamin Hart
Nov. 28, 2017
The GOP Wants to Pass Trump’s Tax Cuts This Week. Here’s What They Need to Do.
Republicans see this as do-or-die time for their tax overhaul — and they’re scrambling to secure about seven more Senate votes.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Nov. 19, 2017
Mulvaney’s Bold Promise: Middle Class Won’t See Tax Increase
You sure about that?
By
Benjamin Hart
the national interest
Nov. 12, 2017
The GOP Has Done the Impossible: Make Tax Cuts Unpopular
What they designed as an act of sadism turns out to be an act of masochism.
By
Jonathan Chait
Oct. 31, 2017
The 3 Weirdest Things About Trump’s New Campaign Ad
“President Trump will fix it.”
By
Benjamin Hart
Oct. 23, 2017
Trump Promises His Tax Plan Won’t Limit 401(k) Contributions
The president shoots down congressional Republicans’ latest scheme for offsetting the cost of corporate tax cuts.
By
Eric Levitz
Oct. 20, 2017
Senate Narrowly Approves Budget, an Ostensibly Easy Hurdle on Road to Tax Cuts
It looks like they’ll avoid a conference committee, too, so now they can get started on the hard part of the tax-reform process.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Oct. 10, 2017
Trump Calls Senator Corker ‘Liddle Bob’ on Twitter
The insult sounds familiar.
By
Benjamin Hart
the national interest
Oct. 4, 2017
The GOP’s Best Tax Reform Idea Is Dead, and Its Next-Best Idea Is Dying
Plan C is not going to work any better than plans A or B did. It’s over.
By
Jonathan Chait
Sept. 29, 2017
Why Trump’s Tax Plan Will (Probably) Be Impossible to Pass
The plan’s upper middle-class tax increases are too high for many GOP lawmakers to tolerate – but still
too low
to satisfy the party’s deficit hawks.
By
Eric Levitz
Sept. 29, 2017
A Look at Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Blue-State Tax Hike
A GOP proposal to kill the deduction for state and local taxes mostly hits high-tax, high-income blue states, but some House Republicans will object.
By
Ed Kilgore
Sept. 27, 2017
Trump Falsely Says His Tax Plan Is ‘Not Good for Me’
He would benefit greatly from his proposed tax overhaul, contrary to what he claimed in his speech unveiling it.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Sept. 27, 2017
Trump’s Tax Plan: Prioritize Cuts for the Rich, Say He Isn’t
Republicans have their final framework for tax reform — and it still includes tax breaks that only multimillionaires can use.
By
Eric Levitz
Sept. 14, 2017
Republicans Are Going to Take From the Poor to Give to the Rich
Spending cuts provide an alternative way to “pay for” GOP tax cuts. And it’s far more likely than attacks on sacred cows in the tax code.
By
Ed Kilgore
Sept. 7, 2017
House Conservatives Demand That Tax Reform Add to the Deficit
The House Freedom Caucus believes that the debt is a threat to our grandchildren — and in their upcoming tax plan, they insist on growing it.
By
Eric Levitz
art of the deal
Sept. 6, 2017
Democrat Heitkamp Says She’s Open to Trump Tax Plan, Gets Air Force One Ride
She hasn’t committed to anything, but the North Dakota senator has probably avoided an attack from the president.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Sept. 4, 2017
7 Big Questions About What Congress Will Do in September
The big storm in Texas and Louisiana has improved the visibility in Washington — but there’s still a lot to do and little time to do it.
By
Ed Kilgore
Aug. 31, 2017
Joe Manchin Is More Popular Than Trump in West Virginia, Poll Finds
Trump might need the votes of red-state Democrats to pass tax “reform” — but red-state Democrats look safe enough to toe their party’s line.
By
Eric Levitz
Aug. 30, 2017
Trump Tries to Make Tax Cuts for Rich People Sound Populist
To get his tax “reform” plan through Congress, Trump will have to pull off his most challenging con yet.
By
Eric Levitz
Aug. 29, 2017
Gary Cohn: Only ‘Morons’ Pay the Estate Tax
Your populist government at work.
By
Benjamin Hart
Aug. 23, 2017
GOP Mulls ‘Just Lie’ Strategy for ‘Offsetting’ Tax Cuts
Republicans are reportedly considering “offsetting” $450 billion worth of tax cuts through sheer budget gimmickry.
By
Eric Levitz
Aug. 11, 2017
Senators Leap to Mitch McConnell’s Defense After Trump Attacks
They’re standing by their Majority Leader.
By
Benjamin Hart
the national interest
Aug. 8, 2017
The Republican Dream of Partisan Tax Reform Is Impossible
A bill can be tax reform, or it can pass exclusively with Republican votes. But it can’t be both.
By
Jonathan Chait
Aug. 4, 2017
Forget ‘Tax Reform.’ Republicans Will Settle for Tax Cuts for the Rich.
For all the talk of “tax reform,” Republicans would prefer to offset tax cuts with spending cuts, and in the end won’t insist on offsets at all.
By
Ed Kilgore
Aug. 3, 2017
All the Scary Deadlines Congress Is Facing This Fall
After repeatedly pushing off major undertakings like tax reform and raising the debt ceiling, they’re in for a truly hellish fall.
By
Margaret Hartmann
July 26, 2017
Trump Has No Plan A for Tax Reform — But He’s Got a Plan B
The White House is eyeing a package of three big, temporary tax cuts as a backup option if comprehensive reform falters.
By
Eric Levitz
July 17, 2017
We’re Grading Trump Like He’s a Montessori Kindergartener: Tax-Policy Edition
The Trump administration reportedly has “its act together on tax reform.” Also, its only idea for how to finance tax cuts is “blow out the deficit.”
By
Eric Levitz
June 27, 2017
Republicans May Have a Plan B If Their Health-Care Bill Fails
The Trumpcare bill is mostly composed of tax and Medicaid cuts. Why not shift these items into the next budget bill?
By
Ed Kilgore
May 29, 2017
Democrats Should Propose an Actual ‘Middle Class’ Tax Cut
By neglecting to show voters what a real middle-class tax break looks like, Democrats are making it easier for Trump to sell his giveaway to the rich.
By
Eric Levitz
just asking questions
May 5, 2017
How New York Could Force the Release of Trump’s Tax Returns
Albany is considering a bill that would publish the state returns of certain elected officials.
By
Nick Tabor
May 1, 2017
Trump Could Probably Kill the Legislative Filibuster
Senate Republicans would have a hard time defending the “archaic system” that’s making the president’s agenda more difficult to pass.
By
Eric Levitz
Apr. 24, 2017
There Could Be a Ton of Drama in Washington This Week
Possibly a government shutdown crisis, the return of Trumpcare, and the unveiling of the president’s tax-reform plan — or none of the above.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national circus
Apr. 19, 2017
An Ossoff Victory Would Not Have Saved the Democratic Party
They still face the intensely urgent matter of finding a new generation of leaders.
By
Frank Rich
Apr. 18, 2017
Will GOP Punish California and New York by Killing Their Favorite Tax Deduction?
Conservatives hate the federal deduction for state and local income tax. But killing it might annoy Empire State Republicans, including the president.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 17, 2017
White House Says Tax Reform Will Be Delayed Because of Trumpcare Failure
Trump’s Treasury secretary says the president will not meet his August deadline for tax reform, “because of the healthcare.”
By
Eric Levitz
Apr. 10, 2017
President Trump No Longer Has a Tax Plan
The president wants to build a new plan from scratch. And one of his administration’s new ideas could actually help the middle class.
By
Eric Levitz
Apr. 4, 2017
The White House Is Reportedly Considering a Carbon Tax
Some in the Trump administration are leaking word of the proposal, even as the White House officially denies it is considering any such thing.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Mar. 30, 2017
Tax Reform Is Hard. Tax Cuts Are Easy.
Gaming out the Republican plan to give rich people more money.
By
Jonathan Chait
Mar. 29, 2017
9 Big Questions About GOP Tax Reform
It’s as complicated as health-care policy, and almost as politically perilous.
By
Ed Kilgore
Mar. 28, 2017
Trump Hopes to Tackle Tax Reform and Infrastructure Simultaneously
After failing to get Trumpcare to the House floor, the president has (reportedly) decided he can push two major policies through Congress at once.
By
Eric Levitz
Mar. 24, 2017
What’s Next for the GOP on Health Care? Apparently Nothing at All
The collapse of Trumpcare could be the GOP version of Clintoncare: something none of them will hurry to repeat.
By
Ed Kilgore
Mar. 24, 2017
Death of Trumpcare Would Leave Some Hungry Legislative Orphans
AHCA was more than an Obamacare repealer. It also included provisions on taxes, Planned Parenthood, and Medicaid that GOP will still need to pursue.
By
Ed Kilgore
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