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A new report from a progressive group highlights the company’s multiyear efforts to hobble direct tax filing to the IRS.

A coalition of nearly two dozen tech and industry trade groups have added their names to the chorus of organizations downtown ramping up pressure on congressional leaders to cut a deal on raising the federal debit limit.

And Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) returns to Washington.

When Gensler testifies later this morning, you can expect McHenry and fellow Republicans to continue to build the case that he is, in their view, a regulator run amok and unresponsive to their demands.

Billionaire-hating Liz Warren continues to receive funding from Bill Gates, George Soros and other billionaires. Writes Daniel Greenfield Liz Warren hates

Who really funds the billionaire-hating senator? Soros, Gates and the Rockefeller Brothers.

Cutting unemployment benefits? Check. Protecting low corporate tax rates? Double check.

Democrats: Minimum wage isnt the only issue facing parliamentarian Naomi Jagoda © Greg Nash Democrats: Minimum wage isnt the only issue facing parliamentarian Democratic senators on Thursday said that they dont know if the Senate parliamentarian will allow the final version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package to include a provision that would direct the Treasury Department to make advance payments of the child tax credit (CTC) on a monthly basis. The version of th...

The provision on monthly payments of the CTC is not the only part of the relief package that MacDonough will be examining in the coming days to ensure they adhere to Senate rules. Most prominently, she will have to determine whether a provision to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour follows the rules. In addition to directing Treasury to make advance payments of the CTC, the relief package also would increase the CTC amount for 2021 from $2,000 to $3,600 for children under age 6 and $3,000 f...