Vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled her economic campaign proposal in North Carolina to build what she called an “opportunity economy” focused on the middle class.She said in Raleigh: “Your salary should be enough to provide you and your family with a good quality of life … such as, no child should have … Read more
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz isn’t generally regarded as a tax policy guy, but tax analysts and lawmakers say Vice President Kamala Harris’s new running mate has supervised the most dramatic shift toward progressive tax policy of any state in the country.While more than two dozen governors slashed individual and corporate taxes during the post-Covid period, … Read more
Politics ‘Walz checks,’ free school lunches, and ditching fossil fuels: What Tim Walz’s record in Minnesota says about his economic goals Noah Sheidlower 2024-08-06T16:06:24Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Email Twitter icon A stylized … Read more
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year.Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to vote against the tax … Read more
Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, there is interest in how her potential administration might handle tax policy — particularly aspects impacting families and children. One area receiving attention is the child tax credit (CTC), an important financial benefit for many families. For the 2024 tax … Read more
This blog post was updated on August 2, 2024, to clarify that the Inflation Reduction Act was adopted in 2022. It is too soon to know the details of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s 2024 tax agenda. But her record as a US senator and her short-lived 2020 presidential candidacy shows that she has … Read more
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year.Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to vote against the tax … Read more
Continuing months of progressive opposition to the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday voted against advancing the bill and highlighted how it would give tax breaks to major corporations.The bill passed the House 357-70 in January, shortly after it was negotiated by Senate Finance Committee Chair … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to vote against … Read more
Senate Republicans are expected to block legislation Thursday to cut taxes for working families and extend some corporate tax breaks, likely dooming a bipartisan compromise that the House had overwhelmingly approved and raising the stakes on taxes for this fall’s elections.The $79 billion legislation would expand eligibility for the child tax credit, or CTC, among … Read more