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Although GOP-led efforts to overhaul the health care system and American tax code drew partisan rancor on Capitol Hill, at least one Massachusetts Democrat said he believes his party is willing to work with the White House on a bipartisan infrastructure package.  U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, a Springfield Democrat and ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he thinks… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, pushed back Friday against President Donald Trump's assertion that Democrats did not want to work with Republicans on a bipartisan tax overhaul plan, calling such claims "not true."  Neal, the top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, contended that the president misrepresented what happened… Read more »

Last-minute confusion is plaguing Massachusetts experts and taxpayers who are trying to understand the ramifications of a massive federal tax bill passed in the waning days of the calendar year. "(Congress) didn't think about actual implementation in the immediate wake of passage of the legislation," said Geoffrey Beckwith, executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal… Read more »

Both candidates in the 2012 presidential election ran on a corporate tax cut. Five years later, a unified Republican government made that a reality, and a bipartisan idea has turned into a deeply partisan brawl. President Donald Trump signed the 21% corporate tax rate into law Friday and Democrats are talking about which pieces of the bill they will keep and which… Read more »

Millions of older Americans are addicted or at high risk of becoming addicted to prescription painkillers, but Medicare doesn't cover one of the most common treatments to wean people off opioids.  Policy experts and advocates say one of the biggest barriers to addiction treatment for seniors is Medicare's exclusion of coverage for methadone, the oldest of the three FDA-approved… Read more »

Members of Massachusetts' U.S. House delegation condemned their Republican colleagues Tuesday for backing the final version of legislation that would represent the largest overhaul of the American tax code in three decades.  With the contentious bill expected to clear Congress and head to President Donald Trump's desk for final approval this week, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal,… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, took issue Friday with a series of changes that are expected to be included in the compromise version of Republicans' tax overhaul plan. Neal, the top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and a member of the panel tasked with reconciling the House and Senate's tax bills, said while he believed the original proposals… Read more »

The House and Senate versions of the tax reform bill may be passed and now headed for reconciliation in the conference committee, but Congressman Richard Neal has not let up in his criticism of the two bills. On Dec. 5, Neal spoke from the floor of the House attacking the bills and their supposed savings to taxpayers. Neal is the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means… Read more »

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – 22News had a chance to catch up with Congressman Richard Neal Friday morning at our 22News studio. Here’s what he had to say about the proposed GOP tax bill and the FCC’s decision to rollback net neutrality. GOP tax bill  President Trump is hoping Congress will pass a $1.5 trillion dollar tax reform bill as early as next week. Supporters… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, urged House and Senate leaders Wednesday to delay consideration of a Republican-backed plan to overhaul the American tax code until after Democratic Alabama senator-elect Doug Jones is seated in Congress. Neal, the top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and a member of the panel charged with reconciling the chambers'… Read more »