$67 billion in tax cuts to 11 donor families to the GOP

To call your Member of Congress to say "NO" to the tax deform bills?: Toll free number for the US Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044 or 1-888-516-5820 - Call NOW and call often! $67 billion in tax cuts to 11 donor families to the GOP By Lynda Carson - December 5, 2017 In what appears to be a blatant GOP kick back scheme masquerading as the so-called tax cuts and jobs act, reportedly 11 families that are major campaign contributors to Republican leaders in Congress are set to receive $67.5 billion alone in estate tax cuts, if Congress is able to reconcile the two tax bills voted on by the House and Senate recently. Making matters worse, the tax bill/kick back scheme will increase the national debt by $1.4 trillion dollars.

Sen. John McCain says he’ll vote for Senate GOP tax plan

Interrogators Blast Trump's 'Clueless' CIA Pick Tom Cotton The Central Intelligence Agency is set to receive an advocate of waterboarding, sweeping surveillance powers, jailing journalists, and conflict with Iran as its next director. - A combat veteran and first-term Arkansas GOP senator The Rex situation is simple - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been politically dead for months; the only question is when they're going to hold his funeral.

Republicans had a big idea to give tax relief to the poor. Then it disappeared.

Ivanka Trump walks with Sen. Marco Rubio after a meeting with other senators on Capitol Hill in June. The Senate Republicans' tax bill would leave millions of poor families with only partial access to a tax credit that conservatives have touted as a critical policy tool for alleviating poverty.

Health | Weiss: Aging Groups – House GOP Tax Rewrite a Turkey

Thanksgiving approaches the GOP-Controlled House has passed H.R. 1, "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," its tax reform legislation, on November 16, by a partisan vote of 227 to 206, with 13 Republicans siding with the Democrats. The House tax bill would dramatically reduce corporate and individual income taxes and would increase the deficit by $ 1.7 trillion over 10 years - - possibly offset by $ $338 billion saved by repealing the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.

Democrats have leverage in one part of the GOP tax cut process

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Nov. 7 said he expects the GOP tax plan "in the end to be revenue neutral for the government, if not a revenue gainer." As Republicans work to pass the largest overhaul of the U.S. tax code since 1986 by the end of this calendar year, they're not banking on any support from Senate Democrats.

Illegal immigrant found in county is indicted

A federal grand jury in Raleigh indicted a Guatemala native found in Wayne County on charges of false representation of a Social Security account number and aggravated identity theft. Maria Asuncion Lucas-Mendez, 31, would face up to seven years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and a term of supervised release following imprisonment if convicted on the charge.

David Sarasohn: Haphazard tax bill a hazard to Oregon

So Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, as ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, went down to the White House recently to talk to the president about the tax overhaul process, accompanied by other Democrats on the committee. One by one, the other Democrats explained to the president their predictable priorities on the bill: helping the middle class, protecting Social Security and Medicare, not exploding the deficit.

Ex-congressman: The truth can’t get me fired anymore

Retiring Sen. Bob Corker's recent comments about the White House -- that it's an adult day care center and that President Donald Trump's temperament could set us "on the path to World War III" -- reveal a basic truth about what happens to you when you leave Congress: You get to tell the truth. Many of us who've left elected life feel a sense of liberation, as if our tongues are no longer strapped to the right or left sides of our mouths.

Equifax finds code serving ‘malicious content’ on its website

Equifax Inc. took part of its website offline Thursday after code on the site redirected users to a malicious URL urging them to download malware. Also Thursday, a top Republican congressman introduced a bill that would stop credit reporting companies such as Equifax from using Social Security numbers to verify Americans' identities.

Indiana lawmaker asks Congress to eliminate tax credits for undocumented workers

Rep. Luke Messer spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last week, asking House colleagues to support House Resolution 2817 . The legislation would allow only taxpayers with Social Security numbers to claim the Child Tax Credit, which provides a federal tax credit of $1,000 per child for low-income families.