Infrastructure

Dems push IRS reform after it was dropped from $1T infrastructure bill

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., wrote a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig on Monday requesting more information on the “benefits of investing in the IRS” after a proposal to inject $40 billion into the agency to close the tax gap was scrapped earlier this year.

Biden praises McConnell for helping pass $1T infrastructure bill

President Biden on Tuesday touted the bipartisanship forged in the Senate to pass his roughly $1 trillion infrastructure legislation and gave a special shout out to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for backing his major legislative priority.