New JCT Estimate Pegs Cost of Extending 2017 Trump Tax Law at $5.5 Trillion, Up from Previous Estimate of $4.6 Trillion; Republican Plan for Additional Tax Breaks Could Increase Overall Cost of Trump’s Tax Agenda to $7 Trillion
WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (MA-01), House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan F. Boyle… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their budget blueprint and attempted to disguise over $5 trillion in spending that will primarily benefit the wealthiest Americans:
“Today will go down as the day Republicans liberated themselves from any delusion of fiscal responsibility. They are cooking the… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Donald Trump escalated his reckless trade war:
“The President just marked for history the moment he steered the American economy away from a path of success and growth and onto a path of higher prices and stagnant growth. People’s 401Ks are down, and Trump’s taken an… Read more »
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) blasted the Trump Administration for its latest attack on the health of the American people with illegal mass firings at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
“The Trump Administration is about to learn what efficiency really means. It’s the vaccines that keep our people healthy each winter, it's the child care… Read more »
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“Today, we are here fighting back for the people. Trump and Musk’s crusade against Social Security is a five-alarm fire, and in the nearly 90 years of Social Security’s existence, Republicans have put us closer than ever to a missed benefit or the demise of the Social Security Administration.
Republicans have relaunched a coordinated attack that they’ve… Read more »
Richard E. Neal, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and is ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee. He chaired the committee from 2019 to 2023.
There’s a little-noticed debate playing out in the halls of Congress — over how to measure the cost of tax policy. That might sound arcane and wonky, but… Read more »
As locals celebrated with Irish nationals at the 72nd St. Patrick’s Parade Sunday, questions about trade and tariffs loomed over bagpipe music, Irish dancing and toasts.
Ireland and the United States have shared trade and tourism boosting both economies for years, said Geraldine Byrne Nason, ambassador of Ireland to the United States. But she said cooperation could be disrupted… Read more »
For many of us in the Pioneer Valley who proudly celebrate our Irish heritage not just during St. Patrick’s weekend, but throughout the year, we have fond memories of the John Boyle O’Reilly Club in Springfield. Named in honor of the renowned Irish poet, journalist, and Fenian revolutionary from County Meath, the JBO, as it is affectionately known, has long been a gathering place for… Read more »
Ahead of the 15th anniversary of President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement:
“Fifteen years ago, Democrats revolutionized health care in America and proved what’s possible when good governance invests directly in the people. Make no mistake about it: there… Read more »
Amber James has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for over two decades.
When she learned last week that Louis DeJoy, postmaster general, is working with the Department of Government Efficiency, the new federal agency that oversees government spending, on plans to cut jobs and funding from the USPS budget, “it was one of the worst days in USPS history,” she said.
“It is… Read more »
