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Sep 08 2017
Opinion
OPINION: The debt ceiling is bad for America
We all know that politics makes strange bedfellows, but the events of the last couple of days leave even the most politically savvy analysts scratching their heads. This week, President Trump struck a deal with Democratic congressional leaders to temporarily raise the debt ceiling and fund the government through mid-December ostensibly to clear the legislative path for his tax reform proposals
The HillAug 11 2022
Analysis
Hyperbolic GOP claims about IRS agents and audits
“Do you make $75,000 or less? Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”
— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, in a tweet, Aug. 9
With a vote scheduled Friday in the House on the big spending package approved in the Senate, the GOP has focused its fire on provisions that would bolster the
Washington Post Fact CheckNov 18 2022
News
‘Top Priority’: House Republicans Outline Plan for Biden Family Probe
House Republicans on Thursday laid out plans to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, calling the probe "a top priority" for the GOP in the new Congress.
Rep. James Comer (R., Ky.), who will chair the House Oversight Committee next year, said Republicans will explore "all avenues" of the Biden family’s business activity in China and Ukraine. Comer alleged that
Washington Free BeaconMay 04 2022
News
TurboTax to pay customers $141 million after allegedly steering them away from free services
Intuit, the owner of tax filing software TurboTax, has agreed to pay $141 million in a settlement with all 50 states for allegedly steering millions of low-income Americans away from free tax-filing services.
The settlement, announced Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, said about 4.4 million customers were "unfairly charged." Intuit must also suspend its "free, free,
CNN BusinessMay 08 2023
Perspectives Blog
Beyond 1:1 Dialogue: How We Can Depolarize at Scale and Climb Mount Polarization
This blog was written by Aaron Kohrs of the Braver Angels Washignton D.C. Alliance. He has a Center rating.
Everyone knows we need to change—we need to depolarize our politics at a national scale. The entire political discourse of our nation needs to shift: to be less corrosive, more productive, and more reflective of our country’s many diverse, nuanced viewpoints. The question then
Aaron KohrsFeb 01 2023
News
‘Seniors are getting ripped off’: progressive congressman Mark Pocan on overhauling Medicare
Democrats may not control the House of Representatives anymore, but congressman Mark Pocan is not giving up on his legislative agenda. Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat and the former co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus (CPC), instead focuses on playing “the long game” of policymaking.
Pocan’s commitment to promoting progressive policies will be on display Wednesday, as he
The GuardianDec 02 2022
News
Iranian athlete’s family home demolished by officials, media outlet says
The family home of Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi has been demolished, according to the pro-reform news outlet IranWire, after she rose to international prominence this fall for competing with her head uncovered.
Rekabi competed without her hijab in South Korea in October, just as anti-regime protests swept Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of
CNN (Online News)Jan 14 2022
News
Left-wing group secured $158 million taxpayer-funded contract to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation
A progressive group that views immigration enforcement agencies as a "threat" to civil liberties secured a $158 million taxpayer-funded contract to help unaccompanied minors avoid deportation, records show.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the Vera Institute of Justice, a left-wing nonprofit that backs defunding the police, the contract in 2021 to "provide
Fox News (Online News)Aug 08 2022
News
After passage of climate bill, long road awaits
In some ways, it’s a peculiar time for Congress to be heaping tax credits onto the electric vehicle industry.
Sales of electric vehicles are skyrocketing and recently hit record highs, according to Cox Automotive. General Motors, which lost access to the old U.S. tax credit for electric vehicles three years ago, has sold 70,000 plug-ins since then despite a public relations disaster
Washington PostSep 18 2013
News
GOP revises plan on debt limit to avert shutdown
House GOP leaders Wednesday announced that they will move quickly to raise the government's borrowing cap by attaching a wish list of GOP priorities like blocking "Obamacare," forcing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and setting the stage for reforming the loophole-cluttered tax code
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