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The following alert provides a high level update to the August 4 Akin Gump comprehensive section-by-section report, which was published before the Senate vote-a-rama and final Senate passage.

The Senate yesterday passed tax, climate and healthcare legislation called the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA2022) along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting...

Starting as a $3.5 trillion legislative proposal to tackle climate change and shore up the social safety net, the Build Back Better Act was eventually scaled back to $2.2 trillion...

On July 27, 2022, Senators Manchin and Schumer announced that they agreed to a proposed reconciliation package, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 (the "Bill").

How the white house worked with senator schumer to secure this deal? and what role are gonna play going forward? >> well, symone, they certainly said the contours early on. and they negotiated everything that led to the build back better act late december. but in recent weeks and months, for the most part, the white house has passed the baton to senator chuck schumer, and told them to run with it, and find a way to get manchin on board. there was certainly a lot of frustration, and a blind signe...

Reconciliation Revival? Ever since Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) publicly renounced his support of the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBBA)

Tax Staffers Discuss State of Tax Policy. At a tax conference last week, top officials from the Biden administration and key congressional staffers discussed the latest in tax policy.

Today, Monday, March 28, President Joe Biden unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget request, the second of his presidency. The $5.7 trillion proposal calls for $1.7 trillion in discretionary spending and...

Brownstein Budget Breakdown. The Brownstein Tax Policy team has gone through the thousands of pages and countless spending tables to compile a summary and analysis...