Tax Cuts Coming?

With Congress back in session, its GOP leadership and the Trump Administration clearly want to move the focus to tax reform after a tumultuous summer that yielded no action on health care. And, while Congress and the White House mull their strategies on how to cut the corporate and individual rates, Americans must pay attention to how the GOP might proffer to pay for these cuts.

Oklahoma court’s ruling opens door for billions in tax increases

IN a narrow 5-4 decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a new car tax is not subject to the Oklahoma Constitution's 75 percent supermajority requirement for enacting new taxes. The court said lawmakers didn't need supermajorities to remove tax The practical effect is that lawmakers are now free to approve literally billions in tax increases - as that term would be understood by a layman - with only simple majorities.

A Better Deal? Yes, Pelosi and the Democrats are on the right track

Democrats have a clear vision for how they'd lead the country if in power, and the Republican president has been in office for less than eight months. A Better Deal - the Democrat's new economic development and job creation manifesto - was presented to us Wednesday by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in a meeting at The Denver Post.

Trump pushes tax overhaul to a bring back Main Streeta

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. >> President Donald Trump launched his fall push to overhaul the nation's tax system by pledging Wednesday that the details-to-come plan would “bring back Main Street” by reducing the crushing tax burden on middle-class Americans, making a populist appeal for a proposal expected to heavily benefit corporate America.

Trump heads for Missouri as he hits the road to tout his push for tax reform

President Donald Trump goes Wednesday to Springfield, Missouri to accelerate his administration's push for tax reform, amid ongoing questions as to whether Republicans in Congress can get something done in coming months on the subject, as lawmakers in both parties await the details of a GOP tax plan. "We're committed to passing the first major tax reform in over thirty years," the President said to cheers last week at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona.

Tax Reform and Budget Deficits in America

The Republican Party's leaders in the United States House of Representatives have been hard at work for more than a year designing a major reform of personal and corporate taxes. With an election looming in 2018, the House Republicans are determined to deliver a reform package and send it to the Senate for enactment.

Trump pushes tax overhaul to ‘bring back Main Street’

President Donald Trump launched his fall push to overhaul the nation's tax system by pledging Wednesday that the details-to-come plan would "bring back Main Street" by reducing the crushing tax burden on middle-class Americans, making a populist appeal for a proposal expected to heavily benefit corporate America. Trump said his vision for re-writing the tax system, a key campaign pledge, would unlock stronger economic growth and benefit companies and workers alike.

Friendly talk on tax cuts makes a Democrat the star of a Republican ad

Rep. Tim Ryan speaks to reporters after the House Democratic leadership elections on Capitol Hill on Nov. 30, 2016. Rep. Tim Ryan , whose aggressive campaigning for local and congressional Democratic candidates has drawn attention this summer, is the star of a new ad from a Republican group - one that recasts him as a supporter of tax reform.

Greg Ehlers / Bob Duff sells out his district – again

Every family who lives in state Sen. Bob Duff's district and every business operating in Fairfield County needs to be aware of what their elected state senator just did to threaten their livelihoods last week. The labor contract agreement that just passed and will now become law is another in a long line of sweetheart deals with unions negotiated by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that has prolonged the fiscal crisis and created the poor economic climate our families and businesses suffer in every day.

GOP poised for major tax reform push

The GOP's bid to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has crashed and burned about as badly as the imploding Obamacare insurance market, but Republicans seem much more optimistic about the coming effort this fall to reform the U.S tax code. President Trump is ramping up support, and House speaker Paul Ryan this week touted a poll showing the effort has broad public support.

Bannon’s Proposed Tax Increase Isn’t on the Table, Another Trump Aide Says

A top income-tax rate of 44 percent for Americans earning more than $5 million per year isn't under consideration, a White House official said Monday, knocking down a proposal said to be backed by top Trump adviser Steve Bannon. "I don't think that that's on the table right now, to be honest with you," White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short said on Fox News.

No movement on 1st day of special session on school funding

State Senate Republic Leader Bill Brady, left, listens as Gov. Bruce Rauner discusses school funding in the state during a news conference on Monday, July 24, 2017, in Chicago. Rauner reiterated his call on Monday morning for Illinois lawmakers to send him a school funding overhaul by noon, saying he will call a special session this week if it's not on his desk.

IRS finally agrees to clearlast tea party case

The IRS has finally agreed to a process for deciding on the last remaining nonprofit application that was snared in the Obama administration's tea party targeting, more than four years after the illegal singling-out of conservative groups for special scrutiny was first revealed. In court filings this week, the IRS acceded to rules governing how the tax agency will decide whether to grant nonprofit status to the Texas Patriots Tea Party, which has been awaiting a decision for years.