
Laura Weiss
Co-Author, The Vault at Punchbowl
co-author of @PunchbowlNews' The Vault covering tax, econ policy, financial services. prev: Roll Call, Hearst CT papers. Go Birds. [email protected]. she/her
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Oct 22, 2024 |
punchbowl.news | Laura Weiss
Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? The Vault October 23, 2024 First in Punchbowl News: Dozens of Democrats in both chambers are urging the IRS to expand its Direct File program to cover U.S. citizens living abroad. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rep.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
punchbowl.news | Laura Weiss
A tax fight brewing surely means one thing: lots of money to go around on K Street. With a big tax bill on deck when the Trump tax cuts expire in 2025, companies are staffing up to flex their influence. There have been more than 100 registrations for lobbying on taxes since the start of July, according to congressional lobbying records. Here’s a sampling of recent notable moves: – The Carlyle Group, the private equity giant, hired former Rep.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
punchbowl.news | Laura Weiss
Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? The Vault October 21, 2024 Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) big priorities for the 2025 tax fight are right in line with the GOP’s top goal: making the Trump tax cuts permanent.
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Oct 20, 2024 |
punchbowl.news | Laura Weiss
Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? The Vault October 20, 2024 Taxing the rich and big corporations has become a rallying cry for Democrats of all stripes. But for progressives, it’s a longtime goal that they see a window for in 2025. Become a Premium Policy member to continue reading The Vault Join The Vault Already a subscriber?
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Oct 18, 2024 |
punchbowl.news | Laura Weiss
Sign up to receive our free weekday morning edition, and you'll never miss a scoop. Did you mean ? The Vault October 18, 2024 The National Federation of Independent Business has lobbying muscle and one key goal in the 2025 tax fight: securing a deduction for pass-through businesses. What’s NFIB’s strategy as the battle over the tax code closes in?
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More on first piece of House GOP tax bill: Of note - 2017 tax cuts have adjustments so current policy baseline is workable in Senate. W&M worked closely with Finance Committee esp in recent weeks Plus, standard deduction boost & $2,500 max child tax credit through Trump’s term

NEW: Ways & Means makes 2 pm Tuesday markup official Here’s text that W&M dropped, which isn’t final but includes some of what committee will put in bill incl permanent 2017 tax cuts, bigger CTC, de minimis crackdown. Full text expected later READ IT: https://t.co/sgeqlfYjLq

NEW: Ways & Means makes 2 pm Tuesday markup official Here’s text that W&M dropped, which isn’t final but includes some of what committee will put in bill incl permanent 2017 tax cuts, bigger CTC, de minimis crackdown. Full text expected later READ IT: https://t.co/sgeqlfYjLq

NEWS: W&M GOP plans to hike 1.4% endowment tax on colleges & universities to 7% for universities w/ endowments worth $750K to $1.25M per student, per sources 14% for schools w/ endowments of $1.25M-$2M per student 21% for endowments of $2M-per-student & up