House Session, Part 1
The House debated the House Republican tax reform bill, HR 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. No amendments were allowed to the legislation during floor debate.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,648 viewsThe House debated the House Republican tax reform bill, HR 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. No amendments were allowed to the legislation during floor debate.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,648 viewsThe 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…
2,512 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee continued for a third day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. In this portion, members considered several amendments including one to repeal the “Ca…
235 viewsThe 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…
2,344 viewsThe 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…
5,001 viewsThe 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…
608 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to consider amendments and vote on a rule for the remaining fiscal year 2018 federal spending bills, H.R. 3354, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropria…
324 viewsThe House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to examine the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) practices of retaining electronic records and responding to taxpayer requests.…
1,350 viewsStephen Goss testified at a hearing on the status and solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund. Topics included potential solutions for staving off the funds' depletion.
1,022 viewsU.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on the Trump administration’s trade policy agenda.Topics included renegotiating the North Amer…
1,219 viewsAt a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defended President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget request for his department. In addition to talking about the…
1,106 viewsCorporate executives testified at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on the potential impacts and supposed benefits of new tax policy on jobs and the economy.
1,121 viewsTax 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…
1,250 viewsNina Olson testified at a hearing on customer service at the IRS and the agency’s efforts to prevent fraud and identity theft. Ms. Olson’s National Taxpayer Advocate Service is an independen…
843 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle379 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act. This portion includes debate on amendments to the bill, most of them from Democratic members…
836 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up the budget reconciliation recommendations to replace the Affordable Care Act. This portion includes debate on amendments offered by Ranking …
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