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Taxation & Representation, Feb. 7, 2023

Debt Limit Negotiations Stall as Treasury Department Begins Extraordinary Measures. On Jan. 19, the U.S. government reached its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden late last year....more

Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith’s Potential Legislative Agenda

Following two rounds of votes, the House Republican Steering Committee elected Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) to serve as the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee for the 118th Congress. Smith has served on the committee...more

Taxation & Representation, Dec. 6, 2022

Legislative Lowdown - Last-Minute Attempt to Revive Permitting Legislation. According to sources familiar with the matter, several moderate lawmakers from both parties are pushing to include energy-permitting reform...more

Taxation & Representation, Sept. 27, 2022

LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN - Congress Advances Towards CR as Deadline Approaches. Yesterday, Senate Democrats proposed legislation to fund the federal government through Dec. 16 with the use of a continuing resolution (CR). The...more

Taxation & Representation, September 20, 2022

Democrats’ Latest Push for an Expanded CTC. With the year-long effort to legislate a comprehensive energy, healthcare and tax bill finally completed, many Democratic lawmakers and members of the administration have fully...more

Taxation & Representation, June 22, 2022

Build Back Better Outlook. Congressional Democrats are still hoping they can pass some version of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), the budget reconciliation vehicle to advance some of President Joe Biden’s legislative...more

Tax & Financial Services Week Ahead, June 6 2022

The House and the Senate reconvene Tuesday at 2 p.m. and Monday at 3 a.m., respectively....more

Taxation & Representation, May 3, 2022

LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN - Bipartisan Innovation Act: More Tax Talk. The conference committee to reconcile the House-passed America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength Act...more

Taxation & Representation, April 5, 2022

Brownstein Budget Breakdown. The Brownstein Tax Policy team has gone through the thousands of pages and countless spending tables to compile a summary and analysis of the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2023 budget...more

Tax & Financial Services Week Ahead - April 4, 2022

The House and Senate will meet Monday at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively....more

IRS Funding in the Appropriations Omnibus

Congress unveiled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. The roughly $1.5 trillion “omnibus” would entirely fund the federal government through Sept. 30, 2022, and provide economic,...more

Taxation & Representation, March 8, 2022

Legislative Lowdown - BBBA Comeback? President Biden’s first State of the Union address appears to have reignited discussions around a revised version of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA), though the president did not...more

Tax & Financial Services Week Ahead - March 7, 2022

The House and Senate reconvened on Monday at noon and 3 p.m., respectively.  What to Watch - President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last Tuesday, during which he outlined the contours of a slimmed...more

Tax & Financial Services Week Ahead - February 28, 2022

The House and Senate will reconvene Monday at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.  What to Watch - Both chambers return to Washington after an eventful week away from Capitol Hill. ...more

Taxation & Representation, Feb. 15, 2022

TAX TIDBIT - Race to Replace Brady: New Challenger. Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) is the latest Republican seeking to replace the retiring House Ways and Means Committee ranking member and former chair, Kevin Brady (R-TX), as...more

House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight: “Challenges Facing Taxpayers”

On Tuesday, Feb. 8, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the challenges facing taxpayers, tax professionals and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) during the current tax filing season. National...more

Taxation & Representation, January 11, 2022

Tax Tidbit - Budget Reconciliation: By the Numbers. Since 1980, Congress has passed 26 budget reconciliation bills, 22 of which have become law. During 11 of those 41 years, Congress did not pass any budget reconciliation...more

Build Back Better Act: Recent Developments and Takeaways

After negotiating for months with the White House and congressional Democratic leaders, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Sunday announced he would not vote for the Build Back Better Act (BBBA)—the $2.4 trillion reconciliation...more

Taxation & Representation, December 14, 2021

Senate Finance Committee Democrats Update Build Back Better. On Saturday afternoon, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) released legislative text for the committee’s portion of the Build Back Better Act. The text...more

Taxation & Representation, November 2, 2021

The Brownstein Tax Policy Team is currently combing through the 1,600-plus pages of budget reconciliation text released last week. Below is a truncated version of Taxation & Representation that provides the latest on the...more

Tax & Financial Services Week Ahead - November 1, 2021

The House and Senate will reconvene Monday at 6:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively - What to Watch - Last week, congressional Democrats released 1,684 pages of legislative text mirroring portions of the budget...more

Build Back Better Act: Tax Policy Summary and Analysis

On Nov. 3, the House Rules Committee released updated text for the Build Back Better Act, the budget reconciliation bill, which contains President Joe Biden’s human infrastructure and green energy priorities. This latest...more

Ways and Means Budget Reconciliation Bill: Summary and Analysis of Paid Leave and Retirement Provisions

On Tuesday, Sept. 7, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) released part of the committee’s portion of the Build Back Better bill—the expected $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation measure to advance the more...more

Senate Republicans Release Infrastructure Counterproposal

Senate Republicans released a second infrastructure counterproposal this morning. The eight-year $928 billion “Republican Roadmap” includes $360 billion more funding than the party’s April 22 proposal, with increases in every...more

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