Years before coming to Congress, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., was a public defender, and now he's raising the alarm about proposed cuts by the House and Senate to the federal public defender system, which he calls a "bedrock requirement" of the American judicial system.
House lawmakers plan to vote Wednesday on a deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to extend the federal debt limit for about 19 months in exchange for more than $20 billion in immediate and long-term cuts to the IRS budget.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to publicly release former President Donald Trump's tax returns, ending a multiyear effort by congressional Democrats to shed light on Trump's business dealings just weeks before Republicans take over committee leadership in January.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to publicly release former President Donald Trump's tax returns, ending a multiyear effort by congressional Democrats to shed light on Trump's business dealings just weeks before Republicans take over committee leadership in January.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to publicly release former President Donald Trump's tax returns, ending a multiyear effort by congressional Democrats to shed light on Trump's business dealings just weeks before Republicans take over committee leadership in January.