Senate Republicans Release a Tax Bill That’s a Big Giveaway to the Rich
patrickheagney/Getty On Thursday, Senate Republicans released a tax cut plan that closely tracks the business-friendly bill introduced last week in the House. But that bill has little chance of becoming law in its current form thanks to a Senate rule that requires 60 votes for legislation that adds to the deficit beyond 10 years. In the…
Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Is Being Sued by One of Its Commissioners
Members of Donald Trump’s election integrity commission meet on September 12 in Manchester, New Hampshire.Holly Ramer/AP Fifteen lawsuits have been filed against President Donald Trump’s controversial “election integrity” commission in federal and state court for allegedly violating a wide range of transparency and privacy laws. The latest one comes from one of the commission’s own members.…
White House Chief of Staff Lobbied Unsuccessfully to Deport 57,000 Hondurans
Acting Director of Homeland Security Elaine Duke testifies before the Senate in September.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP White House Chief of Staff John Kelly pressured Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke to expel 57,000 Hondurans who have lived in the United States for nearly two decades, the Washington Post reports. On Monday, Duke resisted Kelly’s lobbying…
Republican Tax Plan Descends Into Smoke and Mirrors
Here’s the latest news on the tax front: Senate Republicans on Thursday plan to propose delaying a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent until 2019, four people briefed on the planning said, a major departure from President Trump’s insistence on immediate changes that he says are necessary to spur…
Wilbur Ross Seems to Have a Serious Shipping Problem
Pat Benic/CNP via ZUMA Remember Wilbur Ross, Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary? He’s the guy who held onto his stake in Navigator Holdings, a shipping company, without really letting Congress know about it. But it turns out he owns more than just a stake in Navigator: An APM Reports investigation reveals Ross has financial ties to…
Voters in this Colorado County Just Sent Betsy DeVos a Helluva Message
On Tuesday night, the longstanding fight over a controversial voucher program in Douglas County, Colorado, appeared to have come to an end. In a local school board election that has found its way into the national debate over voucher programs, four anti-voucher candidates—Chris Schor, Kevin Leung, Anthony Graziano, and Krista Holtzmann—defeated reform-supporting candidates in a landslide. The election…