Andy Duehren
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I write about tax policy for @nytimes. @WSJ alum.
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Joined May 2013
Members coming out of the meeting are now referring to it as the “working families tax plan.”
This meeting is basically the Trump team telling House Republicans that the OBBB is great if they completely rebrand it and talk about it differently. bill passed nearly 2 months ago and is still underwater.
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Personality conflicts, a private lunch and a personnel plan: how Billy Long ended up losing a role he’d held for just weeks @aduehren me
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sought total control over the I.R.S., an agency where Mr. Long, the new commissioner, had started to put his own mark on the job.
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“It is a honor to serve my friend President Trump and I am excited to take on my new role as the ambassador to Iceland. I am thrilled to answer his call to service and deeply committed to advancing his bold agenda. Exciting times ahead!” - Billy Long
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Tonight on Jeopardy! The question is “What is revenue neutral?”
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“I’m the king of the numbers. I’m Zeus, the budget king.” -Lindsey Graham, only maybe half-joking, about the current policy baseline.
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Finance Chair Mike Crapo tight-lipped when asked about whether he’s comfortable with House SALT provisions. “I’m not talking about that right now.” Adds his reconciliation objective is to make more of the tax cuts permanent Says real deadline is when debt limit is reached
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An update: LaLota says the SALT caucus was sacked today and lost 10 yards. 85 yards to go
LaLota says the SALT cap tax talks are on the 25-yard-line. Not that one - the one with 75 yards to go, he says.
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NEW: Trump pardons son of Republican donor who played a role in trying to expose the contents of Ashley Biden’s stolen diary in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign. By @kenvogel @aduehren
https://t.co/wmlfddkjJN
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The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies.
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After a week of speculation, Trump did NOT sign an executive order that is broadly targeting nonprofits.
👀 Nonprofit funding news 👀 Trump is signing an executive order right now targeting "foreign gifts to American universities."
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SCOOP - NYT team on Bessent moving to unwind Musk's choice for interim IRS head
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.
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The I.R.S. has agreed to share information with ICE https://t.co/rGdaNf5Tvc
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The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s previous stance encouraging migrants to file their taxes.
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So, to update: --Cassidy reassured there will be offsets. --Mods reassured they won't overrule the parl. --Hawley reassured no Medicaid benefit cuts. --RonJohn reassured spending-cut process to return to pre-covid levels.
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Graham: “As Budget Chairman, under section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act, I have the authority to determine baseline numbers for spending and revenue. Under that authority, I have determined that current policy will be the budget baseline regarding taxation."
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New: Trump admin eyeing a 50% cut to IRS workforce https://t.co/Fgw9ACZIEz
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Losing half of its employees would severely strap the I.R.S., meaning Americans may have to wait longer to receive tax refunds.
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SCOOP: House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith said he has “a huge concern” about whether the Senate’s tax plans would comply with budget rules — and raised the point at the GOP’s first big tax meeting at the White House yesterday. https://t.co/OhMQ5T5qhv
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Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith raised questions about whether a Senate accounting tactic would be OK'd in the chamber.
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New: the acting I.R.S. commissioner will announce his retirement tomorrow https://t.co/FHmJhJbb44
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Doug O’Donnell, a 40-year veteran of the I.R.S., was elevated last month after the last commissioner stepped down at the beginning of President Trump’s term.
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New: I've seen the agreement barring DOGE from accessing personal information at IRS https://t.co/1wwWuoShRb
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A document setting the terms of work at the I.R.S. by Gavin Kliger, a software engineer on Elon Musk’s team, only allows him to see anonymized taxpayer information.
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NEW: The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 employees on Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s push to downsize the federal work force, three people familiar with the agency’s plans said. w/@aduehren
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The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.
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