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In a 220-207 vote, the House approved the Democratic tax, health care and climate change bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act and which passed the Senate 51-50 the previous Sunday. The p…

The House Ways and Means Committee met to debate and vote on several tax cut proposals dubbed "Tax Reform 2.0". President Trump in December 2017 signed into law the first round of tax reduct…

The House Ways and Means Committee met to debate and vote on several tax cut proposals dubbed "Tax Reform 2.0". President Trump in December 2017 signed into law the first round of tax reduct…

Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee held a meeting on the Republican tax reform legislation that was being negotiated by House and Senate conferees. House Minority Leade…

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) talked about Republican tax reform efforts and the possibility of a government shutdown if a deal was not reached to fund the government by December 8, …

The House Ways and Means Committee continued its fourth day of debate on the Republican tax reform bill. In this portion, Democrats offered amendments on tax subsidies for green energy proje…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued for a third day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. During this morning into the early afternoon portion, members debated and considered n…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued for a third day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. In this portion, members voted on a series of amendments that had been debated earlier…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued for a third day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. In this portion, committee members participated in roll call votes for amendments deba…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued its second day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. During this part, committee members considered amendments from Democratic Representativ…

The House Ways and Means Committee met for the second day of an anticipated four-day markup of the House Republican tax reform bill. In this portion, the committee considered an amendment fr…

The House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up the House Republican tax reform bill. In this second part of the first day of an anticipated four-day proceeding, members posed questions ab…

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on resolving taxpayer disputes. A former IRS commissioner and several career taxpayer advocates presented their thoughts abo…

Tax policy experts, the chief executive officer of Target Stores,and the former CEO of Walmart testified at a hearing on tax policy, specifically the border adjustment tax. Committee members…

The House Ways and Means Committee marked up several bills intended to make permanent several tax credits. They included five bills that would make charitable giving policies permanent and o…

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) talked about the House Republican and Senate Democratic fiscal year 2014 budget proposals, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communicat…

Representative Earl Blumenauer talked about the congressional year-end agenda, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the expiring Social Security…

Witnesses testified about potential revisions to the federal tax code. They focused on the economic and administrative impact of current federal income tax structure, tax complexity, corpora…

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a House Ways and Means Committee member, talked about an energy tax bill he supports that promotes investments in alternative energy and renewable energy, including a n…

Officials testified about an investigation into the use of private debt collection agencies by the Internal Revenue Service, taxpayer complaints about the practice, and public policy implica…