The rural-area lawmakers aren’t the only group of Democrats who have been urging lawmakers to take into account issues of particular importance to their districts when crafting legislation based on Biden’s economic recovery plans; another group of lawmakers from high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California want legislation to include repeal of the cap on the state and local tax deduction.
Democratic leaders will likely need to take lawmakers’ geographic-related interests into account when they craft legislation. They will need the support of nearly every Democratic lawmaker, given that Republicans are expected to oppose bills based on Biden’s plans and Democrats have narrow majorities in Congress.
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The Biden administration on Friday said that it still needs more time to determine its position in a lawsuit over House Democrats request for former President Trump
The Democratic-led Ways and Means Committee filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department and IRS in 2019, while Trump was still president, after the agencies refused to comply with requests and subpoenas for six years of Trump s federal tax filings.
Biden administration officials have not yet said whether they plan to provide the Ways and Means Committee with the requested documents.
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In a court filing on Friday, lawyers for the committee and the administration wrote that they were continuing to have discussions that may inform the administration s position. They asked that the parties and the case be directed to file another status report on or before May 28.
Making permanent a more expansive tax credit is unlikely to make as much of a difference in the lives of lower-income families as other White House initiatives, so the White House should go further.