Congress

House progressives initially pushed for a $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill passed before an infrastructure bill. They got neither.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office is defending the vape tax, claiming it aligns with taxes on traditional tobacco products.

As President Biden’s $1.75 trillion spending bill advances to the Senate, Republicans are issuing dire warnings about an aggressive IRS tax enforcement proposal that will be a key factor in determining whether the expansive legislation’s costs are fully covered.

The sweeping social spending and climate bill that House Democrats passed on Friday morning includes a temporary repeal of a Trump-era limit on the state and local tax deduction – a policy that would deliver huge windfalls to the wealthy while providing almost no benefit to middle-class Americans.

President Biden's Build Back Better spending plan was narrowly passed by the House of Representatives on Friday. Here's what it means for your finances.

House Democrats on Friday celebrated the passage of a sweeping $1.75 trillion tax and spending plan that makes up the bulk of President Biden's economic agenda, billing the measure as "transformational," even as it faces an uphill battle – and looming changes – in the Senate.

House lawmakers voted to pass President Biden’s expansive spending bill on Thursday night despite strong opposition from Republicans and lingering questions about the White House’s claim that the cost of its policies will be fully covered.

Rep. Jared Golden was the only Democrat to vote against the reconciliation bill Friday, but he said he could vote for the bill later this year depending on the changes the Senate makes to it.

Year-end tax planning always matters, but new or temporary tax-code changes make it different this year.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., spoke for more than two hours on the floor ahead of a crucial House vote on Thursday night, making his final case against the President Biden social spending bill that Republicans say will cause long-term damage to the U.S. economy.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday that President Biden’s social spending bill will add $367 billion to the federal deficit over the next 10 years, without counting potential revenue from an IRS tax enforcement crackdown that White House officials claim will cover the remaining cost.

The Internal Revenue Service could soon get a massive infusion of cash to help it track down wealthy tax cheats.

The nation’s largest nursing home association is sounding the alarm on President Biden’s social spending package, saying it could have a "devastating impact" and force thousands of long-term care facilities to limit admissions or close their doors.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday defended the inclusion of changes to the state and local tax deduction in President Biden's signature spending plan, even though economists across the political spectrum agree the policy would serve as a windfall to wealthy Americans.

President Biden has started to bill his massive social spending and climate bill as the key to slowing hotter-than-expected inflation, but three top economists say the $1.75 trillion package could ultimately add more fuel to the fire.

Sen. Marco Rubio explains why he's delaying Biden's "failed foreign policy" picks for ambassadors to China and Spain.