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Mar 10, 2021 9:54 AM
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, joined Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and dozens of his Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation to permanently repeal the federal estate tax, more commonly known as the death tax. Thune’s bill, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021, would finally end this purely punitive tax that has the potential to hit family-run farms, ranches, and businesses as the result of the owner’s death.
“I’ve fought hard to repeal the onerous and unfair death tax since I came to Washington, including by leading the effort in 2017 to protect more farm and ranch families from it,”
Durbin, Lee Introduce Bipartisan Inspector General Access Act
The bill is supported by a broad coalition of advocates from across the political spectrum, including American Civil Liberties Union, American Conservative Union, Americans for Prosperity, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Demand Progress, Due Process Institute, FreedomWorks, Government Accountability Project, Government Information Watch, Innocence Project, Justice Action Network, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Taxpayers Union, Open the Government, Protect Democracy, Project on Government Oversight (POGO), Public Citizen, R Street Institute, Right on Crime, and The Sentencing Project.
Paxton
AUSTIN – Although Ken Paxton fled Texas as Winter Storm Uri froze the state, the attorney general just can’t seem to escape the heat, as a coalition of groups are questioning his need for $43 million in taxpayer funds to sue Google.
On Monday, the National Taxpayers Union, along with several other organizations, sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker of the House Dade Phelan.
Essentially, the letter expresses concerns over Paxton’s request to the Texas Legislature for $43 million to compensate the outside lawyers he hired to pursue an antitrust lawsuit against Google and urges lawmakers to reject the request. Earlier this week, Paxton s office testified on the agency s proposed budget requests.
President Joe Biden will reportedly keep a rule proposed by the previous administration that would allow government officials to stop some Chinese technology transactions, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
“Trustworthy information and communications technology and services are essential to our national and economic security and remain a top priority for the Biden/Harris administration,” a Commerce Department representative told the WSJ.
The rule, which dates back to a November 2019 Trump executive order, enables Commerce Department officials to shoot down technology-related transactions with Chinese entities determined to pose a national security threat to the U.S. The Commerce Department rule will take effect on March 22, according to the Federal Register.