It is a busy period in Washington: House Speaker Paul Ryan is leaving office, the Mueller investigation is heating up, and foreign policy matters are once again in the forefront. Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal of the first House district spoke with WAMC News.
“In the case of Paul Ryan, I think that he — in the end — suffered the same fate that John Boehner… Read more »
In his most recent weekly address, President Donald Trump said international trade policies and the export of jobs over the past two decades have "hammered American families."
Unfair trade hurts the middle class, he said.
But U.S. Rep. Richard Neal has a response to that: So do tax cuts geared for the rich.
The Springfield Democrat, whose district includes the Berkshires, will… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal called on the Internal Revenue Service to extend Tuesday's tax deadline following reports that the agency's online filing system was experiencing technical issues.
Shortly after Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter reportedly told Congress that parts of his agency's website were facing issues in the final hours before the filing deadline, the Springfield Democrat… Read more »
While President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans used Tuesday's tax filing deadline to promote the changes Americans will see when submitting their federal tax returns next year, Democrats continued to voice concerns about the GOP-backed tax overhaul law's impacts on the middle class.
Trump and Republicans in Congress touted the sweeping $1.5 trillion "Tax Cuts and Jobs… Read more »
Republican Speaker of the U.S. House Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he would not be running for re-election this year. And Democratic Congressman Richard Neal of Springfield says he's been hearing rumors for the last month about Ryan's planned departure.
Neal, the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, said the Speaker's plans may have something to do with the upcoming… Read more »
The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday approved a package of bipartisan bills aimed at reforming the IRS, days before the April 17 tax filing deadline.
The bills, which passed the committee by voice vote, make changes aimed at improving the IRS’s taxpayer services, cybersecurity, enforcement and appeals.
The Ways and Means Committee has been working on efforts to… Read more »
EASTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - Congressman Richard Neal and Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash will take part in a roundtable discussion on affordable housing Monday afternoon.
According to Citizens' Housing and Planning Association Spokesperson Rachel Heller, Neal and Ash will join western Massachusetts housing advocates, and state and local officials to discuss the… Read more »
EASTHAMPTON — After a year of stressful negotiating in Congress for federal money, housing officials came together Monday to discuss the effects of a recent increase in funding for affordable housing.
About 20 housing officials from across the state participated in a roundtable discussion at the Treehouse at Easthampton Meadow with U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, state Rep.… Read more »
The State Department is going through some turmoil.
In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat from the first House district, wraps up his discussion with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.
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November looms over the rest of the year in Washington.
In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal, a Democrat from the first House district, continues his discussion with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.
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