04 Jun DC Roundup: Congress Returns for a Four-Week Sprint
Congress is back from recess today to begin a busy month with measures that would reauthorize farm programs and avert a scheduled doubling of student...
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04 Jun IRS Scandal Silver Lining: Tax Reform Momentum
Now, calling for IRS reform is a popular part of the public conversation. Republicans and Democrats alike are on the record as strong advocates of...
30 May Furman Is Expected to Lead Council of Economic Advisers
The White House is expected to name Jason Furman, the deputy director of the National Economic Council, as the chairman of the president’s Council of...
10 May House Republicans Consider Testing Tough Politics of Tax Overhaul
The Politics of a tax overhaul: The conventional wisdom has long been that a large-scale tax overhaul that scraps the current tax code for...
07 May Senate approves online sales tax; House support isn’t so certain
A bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces...
03 May Obama Picks Nominees for Commerce Dept. and Trade Representative, FDRA Applauds Picks
President Obama nominated Penny Pritzker, his longtime financial backer and an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, to be commerce secretary, and Michael Froman, a...
02 May Bangladesh Death Toll Pressures Western Retailers To Make Commitments On Factory Safety
On Wednesday, Democratic Reps. George Miller (Calif.) and Sander Levin (Mich.) sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to take the lead with U.S....
30 Apr FDRA Honors 2013 Congressional “Friends of Footwear” During FDRA’s Washington Summit
“FDRA really does deliver when it comes to making the footwear industry’s voice heard in Washington. We had a lot of high level meetings...
30 Apr Full Steam Ahead on Tax Overhaul, Thanks to Camp-Baucus Duo
Now that Baucus has announced his retirement from Congress, presumably he has motivation to establish as part of his distinctly mixed legacy a wholesale repair...
30 Apr Bill on Sales Tax for Internet Purchases Divides Republicans
For years, conservative Republican lawmakers have been influenced heavily by the antitax activists in Washington, who have dictated outcomes and become the arbiters of what...