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IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, right, and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley prepare to testify during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday.

House panel backs release of Hunter Biden tax probe information

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 5, 2023 at 9:40pm
Martin O’Malley, nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Nov. 2.

Biden pick for Social Security chief OK’d by Senate panel

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 28, 2023 at 2:26pm
From left, Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaker-designate, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., are seen on the House floor before Johnson was elected speaker on Oct. 25.

Bipartisan consensus elusive on government retirees’ benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 28, 2023 at 5:00am
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, seen leaving a House GOP meeting on Nov. 7, says the administration’s move may be unconstitutional.

IRS delays new online sellers’ tax reporting threshold

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 21, 2023 at 4:16pm
A server pours a beer at Capitol Lounge on Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast on Capitol Hill.

Beer industry enters fray in battle over rum tax benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 9, 2023 at 5:00am
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a Senate Banking hearing on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

Senate duo aims to cut off Russia tax treaty benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted October 26, 2023 at 1:23pm
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., receives speaker's gavel from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on left, after being sworn in on Wednesday.

Johnson elected speaker for remainder of 118th Congress

By Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 25, 2023 at 12:18pm, Updated at 3:33pm
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., a candidate for speaker of the House, speaks to reporters outside a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday.

Johnson secures GOP nomination for speaker

By Laura Weiss and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 24, 2023 at 9:20pm, Updated at 11:07pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is seen outside the House Republican Conference speaker election meeting in the Longworth Building on Tuesday.

Emmer faces tough road to speaker’s gavel on the floor

By Laura Weiss, Aidan Quigley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 24, 2023 at 10:11am, Updated at 4:14pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is one of nine Republicans competing to win the GOP nomination for speaker.

Scramble for speakership

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 23, 2023 at 1:18pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, leaves the House floor after the third unsuccessful vote to elect a new speaker on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.

Jordan out as GOP speaker nominee, new hopefuls vie for backing

By Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 20, 2023 at 2:18pm, Updated at 5:08pm
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Thursday.

House to try again on Jordan speaker vote amid determined opposition

By Laura Weiss and Nina Heller
Posted October 19, 2023 at 7:32pm
Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., is seen after a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.

Interim speaker plan on ice despite Jordan’s backing

By Aidan Quigley, Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted October 19, 2023 at 11:53am, Updated at 3:27pm
From left, Reps. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., and Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., are seen on the House floor during a second ballot in which Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Republican nominee for speaker, did not receive enough votes to win the position on Wednesday.

‘SALT’ relief on the table in speaker negotiations

By Laura Weiss
Posted October 18, 2023 at 6:50pm
Rep. Jim Jordan speaks to reporters as he leaves a meeting in House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Jordan holdouts in open revolt ahead of Wednesday speaker vote

By Laura Weiss
Posted October 17, 2023 at 5:47pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, is seen during House floor votes Tuesday in advance of the speaker election. Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is to Jordan's right.

Jordan falls short on speaker election first ballot

By Laura Weiss, Mary Ellen McIntire and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 17, 2023 at 1:55pm, Updated at 4:30pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the Republican nominee for speaker, arrives at a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Monday.

Jordan tries to sway holdouts ahead of high-stakes vote

By Aidan Quigley, Mary Ellen McIntire and Laura Weiss
Posted October 16, 2023 at 9:23pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is seen in a House Republican Conference speaker election meeting after he was voted the party’s nominee for speaker Friday.

Race for the gavel

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 16, 2023 at 5:44pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks with reporters after a conference meeting in the Capitol on Thursday.

Scalise bows out of speaker race

By Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted October 12, 2023 at 8:08pm, Updated at 9:45pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., leaves a House Republican meeting in the Capitol on Thursday. Luna said she'd back Majority Leader Steve Scalise as speaker on Wednesday but reversed herself a day later.

House GOP grasps for answers to speaker vacuum

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 12, 2023 at 5:15pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is seen in the House Republican Conference election meeting where he was voted as the party’s nominee for speaker on Wednesday.

Speaker vote timing uncertain as Jordan backers hold out

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 11, 2023 at 4:28pm, Updated at 7:49pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center after an all-members briefing on the attack on Israel on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Scalise and the House Republican Conference were heading to the speaker election in Longworth Building.

Scalise wins GOP nomination for speaker

By Aidan Quigley, Mary Ellen McIntire and Laura Weiss
Posted October 11, 2023 at 1:07pm, Updated at 2:48pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is seen after a House Republican Conference meeting on the speaker race in Longworth Building on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.

House GOP rejects effort to raise threshold for speaker

By Laura Weiss, Mary Ellen McIntire and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 11, 2023 at 12:07pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise speaks to reporters as he leaves House Republicans’ speaker candidate forum in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday.

House GOP prepares for potentially long slog to elect speaker

By Laura Weiss, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted October 10, 2023 at 9:19pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaves House Republicans’ discussion in the Capitol on Monday.

Speaker race enters critical week with new urgency, no clear outcome

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted October 9, 2023 at 10:19pm
New York Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito prepares for a TV news interview in the Capitol on Wednesday.

New York Republicans prepare to flex muscles in speaker race

By Laura Weiss
Posted October 6, 2023 at 6:04pm
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., speaks to reporters in the Will Rogers Corridor in the Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.

House uncertainty puts shutdown specter right back on the table

By Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted October 4, 2023 at 5:07pm
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks through the Capitol after the House voted to remove him as speaker.

McCarthy announces he won’t run again for speaker

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Laura Weiss and John T. Bennett
Posted October 3, 2023 at 7:41pm, Updated at 9:06pm
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said he was not trying to delay a House vote when he tripped a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday.

McCarthy promises ‘punishment’ over Bowman fire alarm before vote

By Justin Papp and Laura Weiss
Posted September 30, 2023 at 4:49pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the Capitol Friday.

Shutdown averted as Biden signs seven-week spending bill

By Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2023 at 2:03pm, Updated at 9:02pm
Texas Republican Rep. Daniel Crenshaw talks with reporters outside the Capitol. Crenshaw led a legislative push to tie pediatric physician training to gender-affirming care bans but now acknowledges the House needs “to get a bill to the floor.”

Stopgap funding bills hung up in both chambers

By Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted September 29, 2023 at 7:07pm
Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., makes a statement prior to a closed-door Ways and Means Committee meeting to review additional evidence submitted by IRS whistleblowers regarding allegations of misdeeds by President Joe Biden and his family in the Longworth House Office Building on Wednesday.

Ways and Means votes to release more Hunter Biden documents

By Olivia M. Bridges and Laura Weiss
Posted September 27, 2023 at 5:42pm
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is among those eligible for plum tax-writing panel position.

Menendez’s Finance panel seat would have no shortage of suitors

By Laura Weiss
Posted September 27, 2023 at 2:21pm
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., talks to reporters after a GOP conference meeting on Tuesday.

Partisan House GOP stopgap funds bill on halting comeback trail

By Paul M. Krawzak and Laura Weiss
Posted September 19, 2023 at 7:38pm
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., listens during a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Entertainers, athletes looped in to Taiwan tax benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted September 18, 2023 at 12:30pm
Rep. John James, R-Mich., won his seat by half a percentage point last year.

Some Republicans crack open door to child tax credit compromise

By Laura Weiss
Posted August 10, 2023 at 12:30pm
Lawmakers want to boost the U.S. semiconductor sector while helping boost ties with Taiwan.

Senators look to undo jurisdictional snag on Taiwan tax bill

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 26, 2023 at 2:26pm
Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y., speaks at a news conference after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on July 18.

‘SALT’ shakes up House GOP tax package discussions

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 20, 2023 at 5:30am
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday, June 5, 2023.

Bipartisan efforts on child tax credit afoot in House

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 17, 2023 at 2:44pm
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., conducts a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling package on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Graves-led push on Social Security benefits gains traction

By Laura Weiss
Posted July 12, 2023 at 3:17pm
Hunter Biden attends the Kennedy Center Honorees reception in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022.

House panel releases transcripts from Hunter Biden investigation

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 22, 2023 at 2:30pm
Reps. James R. Comer, R-Ky., left, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, conduct a news conference on the investigation into the Biden family's “influence peddling to enrich themselves,” in the Capitol Visitor Center on May 10.

Ways and Means will meet to review private tax documents

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 20, 2023 at 5:40pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., is helping lead the push for an expanded child benefit, including a boost for infants.

Baby bonus a new twist in Democrats’ child tax credit push

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 20, 2023 at 11:07am
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland accused Republicans of reneging on bipartisan spending levels set in a debt limit deal.

Partisan clash on spending and taxes

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted June 16, 2023 at 3:17pm
Rep. Suzan DelBene and other Democrats want to see an expanded child credit in any tax package this year.

Ways and Means GOP preps tax package for vote next week

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 9, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was part of a bloc of conservatives who thwarted a procedural vote Tuesday because of lingering anger over a debt and spending package the House passed last week with Democratic support.

Still steaming over debt deal, conservatives derail House action

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Avery Roe
Posted June 6, 2023 at 4:28pm, Updated at 7:02pm
Texas Sen. John Cornyn warned Democrats not to "jam" the supplemental bill through the Senate.

IRS budget battle not over after debt ceiling agreement

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 5, 2023 at 6:08pm
House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., conducts a news conference on the debt ceiling on Wednesday.

Debt limit rule adopted after Democrats ride to rescue

By Laura Weiss, Caitlin Reilly and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 31, 2023 at 2:59pm, Updated at 7:10pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the White House’s fiscal 2024 budget request on March 16.

Yellen: Treasury to have ‘insufficient resources’ by June 5

By Laura Weiss
Posted May 26, 2023 at 5:09pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is seen after talking with reporters about the debt ceiling negotiations outside the Capitol on Thursday.

Debt limit deal appears close as negotiators keep working

By Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak, Laura Weiss, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 26, 2023 at 2:42pm, Updated at 7:19pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal speaks about the debt ceiling negotiations during the Congressional Progressive Caucus news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Debt limit vibe back on the upswing after White House meeting

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson and Avery Roe
Posted May 24, 2023 at 7:14pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks with reporters about the debt ceiling negotiations in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

Another day, another pause in debt ceiling negotiations

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 23, 2023 at 7:52pm, Updated May 24, 2023 at 5:10am
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., leaves a meeting in the speaker’s suite in the Capitol on Monday.

McCarthy: No deal yet, but debt limit meeting ‘productive’

By Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted May 22, 2023 at 8:18pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell address the media after a meeting with President Joe Biden on the debt ceiling at the White House on Tuesday.

Debt limit talks pared down to proxies for Biden, McCarthy

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 16, 2023 at 6:39pm
Senate Minority Whip John Thune says senators are prepared for 'all kinds' of potential scenarios.

Recess starting to feel distant as debt limit deadline nears

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 16, 2023 at 2:58pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., must negotiate with Democrats and appease the GOP's right flank on a debt limit deal.

Debt limit drama

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted May 15, 2023 at 4:22pm
Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and the SALT caucus.

California Republican leads push on bigger standard deduction

By Laura Weiss
Posted May 12, 2023 at 9:27am
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., is saying "the quiet part out loud."

Length of spending caps, debt limit hike mulled as talks begin

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted May 10, 2023 at 5:04pm, Updated at 5:56pm
Josh Bolten, right, CEO of the Business Roundtable, talks with now-retired Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker after a 2018 Senate hearing on trade and tariff policy.

Business groups weigh in on debt limit impasse ahead of meeting

By Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted May 9, 2023 at 3:17pm
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., participate in the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol on March 17, 2023.

Debt limit veterans look for hopeful signs in Tuesday’s meeting

By Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 8, 2023 at 6:24pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Senate, for now, defers to Biden and McCarthy on debt talks

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 2, 2023 at 5:50pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed to pursue a "clean" debt limit increase that rejects GOP spending cuts.

Search for debt limit compromise

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted April 28, 2023 at 2:22pm
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., the former No. 2 House Democrat, says at minimum "rational" spending limits would have to be on the table.

Common ground on the debt limit? Here’s what to look for

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss, David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 28, 2023 at 11:48am
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, confers with House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, before the House Rules Committee meeting on the GOP debt limit increase and deficit reduction package on Tuesday.

House GOP readying economic package with business tax breaks

By Laura Weiss
Posted April 26, 2023 at 6:57pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the Capitol on April 20. He predicted a passage vote will happen later on Wednesday.

House GOP leaders forge ahead with debt limit vote

By Aidan Quigley, Laura Weiss and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 26, 2023 at 1:06pm
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., right, confers with an aide before the start of the House Rules Committee meeting on the debt limit bill on Tuesday.

GOP leaders try to woo holdouts ahead of debt limit vote

By Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted April 25, 2023 at 9:34pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., says she plans to vote against her party’s debt limit package unless House leaders agree to changes.

Energy tax credits a big test for GOP vote counters on debt bill

By Laura Weiss and Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 25, 2023 at 5:04pm
Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., is among those backing the debt limit package despite Democrats' attacks.

Biden district Republicans hold their fire on debt ceiling bill

By Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted April 24, 2023 at 7:03pm, Updated April 25, 2023 at 9:27am
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., faces a test of his leadership as he tries to shepherd a bill to lift the debt limit to House passage.

Test of unity

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted April 21, 2023 at 2:15pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters in Statuary Hall in the Capitol after announcing his debt limit increase plan on the House floor on Wednesday.

Republicans urge tweaks to House debt limit bill ahead of vote

By Aidan Quigley, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted April 20, 2023 at 4:38pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has the thankless job of corralling the votes from a fractious GOP conference.

Climate credits, IRS funds snarl GOP debt limit talks

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 18, 2023 at 2:19pm, Updated at 6:46pm
New York GOP Rep. Andrew Garbarino has seven Republican co-sponsors on his bill to fully restore the deductibility of state and local taxes paid by federal taxpayers.

Blue-state lawmakers flex muscles on state and local deductions

By Laura Weiss
Posted April 13, 2023 at 5:16pm
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel unveiled a 10-year spending plan promising increased tax enforcement and improved customer service.

IRS funding in crosshairs

By David Lerman and Laura Weiss
Posted April 7, 2023 at 4:18pm
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel is pictured testifying at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Feb. 15.

IRS unveils plan to crack down on tax cheats, improve service

By Laura Weiss
Posted April 6, 2023 at 6:04pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen delivers remarks as new IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel looks on during his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday.

Yellen: IRS to reveal plan this week for spending $80 billion

By Laura Weiss
Posted April 4, 2023 at 4:53pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen emphasized the tax credits' benefits for coal mining towns.

Treasury tops up tax credits where fossil fuel jobs were lost

By Laura Weiss
Posted April 4, 2023 at 8:35am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., right, pictured at a news conference with a "Biden's war against seniors" poster.

Social Security, Medicare funds face depletion within a decade

By Laura Weiss and Jessie Hellmann
Posted March 31, 2023 at 12:38pm
An electric vehicle charging station is seen in a Whole Foods parking garage in Washington.

New electric vehicle credit rules set, over Manchin’s objections

By Laura Weiss
Posted March 31, 2023 at 9:30am, Updated at 2:55pm
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., attends a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on air travel disruptions on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

Indiana GOP senator carves out dealmaking niche on taxes

By Laura Weiss
Posted March 31, 2023 at 5:30am
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., speaks during a Feb. 16 hearing on global energy security one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

White House’s EV tax credit implementation in the spotlight

By Laura Weiss
Posted March 27, 2023 at 12:22pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget request on Thursday.

Yellen: Debt limit breach would be ‘devastating’ for banks

By Laura Weiss
Posted March 16, 2023 at 3:23pm
Former Louisiana Democratic Sen. John Breaux is seen during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on social media on Sept. 14, 2022.

Former Sen. Breaux leads new push against Biden tax plan

By Laura Weiss
Posted March 15, 2023 at 3:29pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testifies during the Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget request on Friday.

Yellen, House Republicans spar over tax increases, debt limit

By Laura Weiss
Posted March 10, 2023 at 3:54pm, Updated at 4:19pm
President Joe Biden speaks during the International Association of Fire Fighters 2023 Legislative Conference at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Monday.

Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday

By Aidan Quigley, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted March 9, 2023 at 5:00am
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., could be a powerful ally for state and local government workers' lobbying efforts.

Government pensioners look to elbow into Social Security talks

By Laura Weiss
Posted March 3, 2023 at 10:30am

Ideological, regional diversity hallmarks of tax panel’s frosh

By Laura Weiss
Posted February 10, 2023 at 10:30am
House Ways and Means Committee members take their seats for the panel’s organizing meeting in on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

New Ways and Means GOP members bring energy, agricultural focus

By Laura Weiss
Posted February 9, 2023 at 10:30am
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., is playing with a different set of dice this time, but the goal is the same.

New ‘SALT’ caucus rejuvenates efforts to relieve deduction cap

By Laura Weiss
Posted February 8, 2023 at 6:42pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W. Va., wants Treasury to speed up EV tax credit rules.

Manchin pushes stricter electric vehicle credit rules

By Laura Weiss and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 25, 2023 at 1:01pm
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., participates in the House Democrats’ press conference following their caucus meeting in the Capitol on Jan. 10.

Democrats await key decisions on House Appropriations seats

By Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted January 24, 2023 at 5:30am
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., conducts a House Armed Services subcommittee markup in June.

Rep. Ruben Gallego jumps into Arizona Senate race

By Daniela Altimari and Laura Weiss
Posted January 23, 2023 at 9:03am, Updated at 6:30pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is pushing for spending cuts in a deal to raise the debt limit.

Fiscal train wreck ahead?

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted January 13, 2023 at 3:44pm
Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., who introduced the Republicans’ bill in the last Congress, said in a statement at the time that the IRS had lost touch with its mission of serving taxpayers.

In first act, GOP-controlled House takes aim at IRS funding

By Laura Weiss
Posted January 10, 2023 at 9:00am
Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., arrives for the start of the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on releasing former President Donald Trump's tax returns on December 20, 2022.

Rep. Jason Smith wins three-way contest for Ways and Means gavel

By Laura Weiss
Posted January 9, 2023 at 4:31pm
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., gives a thumbs up after colleagues who had opposed him for speaker switched their votes to support him on Friday afternoon, the start of a shift that led to his election as speaker.

McCarthy wins speaker election, finally

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 7, 2023 at 12:34am, Updated at 1:38am
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, speaks with Georgia Republican Andrew Clyde on Thursday. Clyde, who had been opposed all week, voted for McCarthy to be speaker on Friday.

McCarthy buys time as he tries to lock down speaker votes

By Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley, Caitlin Reilly, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 6, 2023 at 1:59pm, Updated at 4:52pm
A staffer watches C-SPAN on a television monitor in Statuary Hall during the 10th attempt in the House to elect a speaker in the Capitol on Thursday.

McCarthy, holdouts discussing possible deal for speaker’s gavel

By Laura Weiss, Caitlin Reilly, Lindsey McPherson and Jim Saksa
Posted January 5, 2023 at 11:06pm
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., center, is seen on the House floor during a vote Wednesday in which House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., did not receive enough votes to become Speaker of the House.

Late-night talks yield no breakthrough in speaker battle

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss and Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 5, 2023 at 12:00am, Updated at 3:54pm
Votes for speaker of the House are tallied after the first round of voting in the House chamber on Tuesday. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., did not secure the 218 votes he needed.

McCarthy opponents unmoved as speaker election drags on

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted January 3, 2023 at 4:01pm, Updated January 4, 2023 at 12:06am
Boxes of documents are wheeled into the House Ways and Means Committee meeting room before the start of the panel’s hearing on former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Dec. 20.

Trump tax returns made public after lengthy legal battle

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 30, 2022 at 9:08am