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Senate Finance Committee Approves ITC Commissioner Picks

The Senate Finance Committee approved five nominees to serve as commissioners for the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday.

Senate committee passes Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act

The Senate Finance Committee voted nearly unanimously to approve a wide-ranging bipartisan tax administration bill aimed at improving operations at the IRS.

Senate Finance Committee advances tax bill backed by AICPA

The Senate Finance Committee approved the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, legislation backed by the AICPA that would modernize IRS operations, expand taxpayer services, and gi...

IRS modernization bill approved by Senate panel

WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee advanced a bipartisan tax administration package Thursday aimed at modernizing the IRS, improving customer service and strengthening taxpa...

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson takes up budget committee gavel

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was named chairman of the Senate budget committee Tuesday, taking up a position left vacant after the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham earlie...

Senate Finance Committee wrestles with how to sustain Social Security benefits

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday on how to prevent deep cuts to Social Security benefits in a few years. The math is simple but the politics are not.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson set to become Budget Committee chair

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is set to take up the gavel as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee following the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) — gi...

Joint Committee on Finance

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A Senate Fiscal Hawk Grabs a Critical Gavel

“Sen. Ron Johnson is jumping directly into a legislative train wreck,” Politico reports. ”The Wisconsin Republican cut his teeth as a fiscal hawk willing to irritate his own party...

Watch: GOP Senator Says Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean Safer Drugs — For a Price

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana chairs the Senate’s health committee. In an interview with KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner, he discusses the drug supply, his proposal to defray out-of-pock...

Scott Bessent Presses Senate On 'Floor-Ready' CLARITY Act, Tom Lee Agrees: 'This Needs to Be Passed'

Senate committee drafts wide-ranging tax administration bill

The sprawling bipartisan bill would add new requirements for the IRS as well as tax preparers, including continuing education for unlicensed preparers.

House Committee Advances Legislation Affecting Tax-Exempt Organizations

Republicans argue that bills are needed to increase transparency and accountability.

Senate committee backs Todd Blanche after clash over President Trump's ally payout fund

Todd Blanche’s nomination for U.S. attorney general advanced in a 12-10 committee vote after securing key Republican support.

Congressional Committees Advance Broad Health Care Legislation Before August Recess

Senate Dems plan amendment banning Trump audit immunity deal

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee plan to introduce an amendment prohibiting President Trump's audit immunity deal with the IRS during a markup hearing.

Farm Bill heading back to Senate committee

JONESBORO — With very little time left before the bill’s funding runs out and in Congress’ legislative calendar this year, the Senate Agriculture Committee’s chairman said Friday t...

Key House committee advances framework for reconciliation 3.0

The House Budget Committee on Thursday advanced a framework for a third reconciliation bill, marking a key step for Republican leaders as they race to get the measure across the fi...

Senate Committee Advances Bill To Block Education Department Transfers

The Senate HELP Committee advanced S. 5046 in a 13-9 vote, blocking the Education Department from transferring four offices to other federal agencies. The post Senate Committee Adv...

Republican presses Blanche on Trump-IRS settlement at Senate hearing

Todd Blanche faced bipartisan Senate questioning on the Trump-IRS settlement and Epstein files release amid ethics concerns and bipartisan criticism. The post Republican presses Bl...

Ron Johnson Says He'll Govern The Budget By Conspiracy Theory

With the passing of Old Lady Graham, the gavel of the Senate Budget Committee fell into the tainted hands of conspiracy theorist Sen Ron Johnson. What could possibly go wrong? Let'...

House Republicans target tax-exempt groups with latest bills

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to advance legislation requiring disclosures of foreign sources of funding for tax-exempt groups and recipients.

Farm Bill Fails to Advance from Senate Agriculture Committee

Impasse leaves rural broadband provisions, including ReConnect reauthorization, on hold.

US Senate panel advances bill to reject Education Department transfers

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has cleared its first major legislative hurdle in a bipar...