Americans filed their taxes across the United States on Wednesday. In Washington, the day was a prime opportunity to showcase tax cuts. House Republicans marked the day with a vote to repeal a tax that most Americans will never face. The estate tax is a tax on the estate of deceased taxpayers. An estate would…
Just weeks after taking over both houses of Congress, Republicans are aggressively moving to weaken regulations aimed at reining in big banks and protecting the public. According to the New York Times, Wall Street is holding the strings. “The financial industry has been methodical, drafting technically complicated legislation that can pass the heavily Republican House…
President Obama offered his reaction to the 2014 midterm election results that saw his party lose control of the United States Senate and governorships across the country. The president struck a conciliatory tone, recognizing the GOP’s victories, but sounding less somber than after the party’s 2010 “shellacking” where Democrats lost their House majority, only to…
