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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified at a hearing his agency’s fiscal year 2018 budget request for various programs within the department. During the hearing, Secretary Mnuchin also…

The 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.…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and several other House and Senate Democrats announced their party’s new economic agenda called “A Better Deal.”…

The CEOs of the Markle Foundation and Siemens USA talked about the importance of technical training and apprenticeship programs in the digital age. They spoke at the annual summer meeting of the…

Representative Luke Messer (R-IN) talked about House Republicans' perspectives on how the legislative agenda would proceed. Topics included tax reform, the federal budget, and health care.…

The Senate Finance Committee, which writes tax policy, heard testimony from former Treasury Department officials at a hearing on comprehensive tax reform and the challenges in implementing…

Gar Alperovitz talked about his book Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth, in which he argues that the U.S. needs an economic and political system that departs from both capitalism and…

In his weekly address President Trump talked about creating manufacturing jobs.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider President Trump’s nomination of David Kautter to be the assistant treasury secretary for tax policy. Mr. Kautter answered questions…

A House Ways and Means subcommittee heard from a panel on their recommendations for simplifying the tax code. Witnesses included Bill Archer, a former U.S. representative (R-TX) who once chaired…

President Trump hosted a roundtable discussion with industry leaders as part of “Made in America” week. The president emphasized the importance of manufacturing jobs and American-made…

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the semiannual monetary policy report. She highlighted recent job growth and said she…

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered the central bank’s semiannual monetary policy report. This was her second day on the Hill. She said she’d like to see a three percent growth rate for the…

SEC Commissioner Michael Piwowar talked about the economic implications of business regulations. He talked about the regulatory and legislative agendas of the new Securities and Exchange…

Simon Montlake talked about his Christian Science Monitor article “Rust Belt” cities’s adjustment to a more high-tech world. This program was part of a “Washington Journal” series…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the question, “ What is your view of the economy?”

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposal for the Treasury Department and its…

David Horowitz talked about the history of the Communist Party and his views on socialism, conservatism and liberalism. He spoke at a conference hosted by the Grove City College Center for…

Vanessa Williamson talked about her book Read My Lips: Why Americans Are Proud to Pay Taxes, in which she examines Americans attitudes on the U.S. tax system in her book. Through a national…

Professor Ganesh Sitaraman talked about his book The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic, in which he says that the Founders didn’t…