The Social Security Administration (SSA) is taking extra steps to reach individuals who may rely on in person services as the country continues to battle COVID-19.
According to the update, SSA said they took needed steps to close physical offices to prevent spread of the virus and remains available to serve the public via phone or online. The agency has reiterated that they are boosting outreach ...
Charitable giving surged in 2019, flying in the face of then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predictions of “Armageddon” due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. News reports amplified concerns that TCJA would be the end of charitable giving as we know it.
Now we know. These reports were wrong. Here are a few examples:
The Los Angeles Times:
The Hill
Encouraging research and development can drive America's recovery
By Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS)
June 17, 2020
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As America begins to safely ...
The Connecticut Mirror
Lamont: Extending $600-a-week federal jobless benefit may ‘discourage work’
By Ana Radelat
June 17, 2020
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Gov. Ned Lamont ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures Adrian Smith (R-NE) delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee Hearing on Tax Relief to Support Workers and Families during the COVID-19 Recession.
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America’s economic surge prior to the pandemic is a matter of historical record—and thanks in no small part to Republicans’ pro-growth agenda and tax reform. That’s precisely why Democrats have been denying the success. Just today, one Democrat claimed that America was “heading into a recession” before the pandemic, noting that our economy peaked before the lockdown according to a ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee Hearing on The 2020 Trade Policy Agenda.
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Remarks as prepared for delivery:
Key takeaways from a new study show that Biden’s tax plan…
increases taxes on average for households and every income level.
shrinks America’s GDP in the short and long run.
would have no significant effect on the nation’s debt burden.
The ...
Despite receiving nearly $5.1 billion for New York state as part of the CARES Act, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York has failed to distribute federal funds as Congress intended. The funds being withheld include $164 million in Child Care Development Block Grants and billions in direct aid for state and local governments.
These funds were meant to be distributed to city, ...
Despite continuing progress and a fragile economic recovery, Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden, have pledged to reverse critical parts of the 2017 GOP Tax Cuts.
These tax hikes would hurt poor- and middle-class workers the most, according to multiple nonpartisan analyses. Tax reform provided a better path to recovery that should be replicated, not repealed, as America ...
