by jpitney | Jul 5, 2025 | Congress, Taxes
Politico’s Brian Faler on some of the tax pork in the megabill: There’s a new supersized deduction for business meals — though only for employees at certain Alaskan fishing boats and processing plants, with the measure stipulating the facilities must be “located...
by jpitney | Jun 20, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Israel, Violence
Andrew Solender at Axios: Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said Thursday he contacted the Capitol Police after being “run off the road” by a man displaying a Palestinian flag while he was driving in his congressional district. Why it matters: The alleged incident...
by jpitney | Jun 5, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives
AT NYT, Michael Gold reports that some House Republicans have expressed regret about voting for the reconciliation bill, which they did not read. Last week, Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska admitted during a town hall meeting in his district that he did not know...
by jpitney | Jun 3, 2025 | Congress, Violence
Andrew Solender at Axios: Jewish members of Congress are worried by a spate of attacks aimed at Jews — and are openly saying they may be next on the target list. Why it matters: There has been a sharp rise in antisemitism and threats against lawmakers in recent years....
by jpitney | May 30, 2025 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Don Wolfensberger writes about the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA): Despite the rough and tumble party battles for committee leadership, Connolly distinguished himself by his bipartisan outreach to Republicans to co-sponsor bills that had a good chance to become law....
by jpitney | May 25, 2025 | Congress, Trade
Protectionists like to point to the 19th century. They don’t understand history. Phil Gramm and Donald J. Boudreaux at WSJ: Under the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, the U.S. government had no power to tax income until 1913. Throughout the 19th...
