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November 25, 2024

Congressmen Push House to Pass Bipartisan Bill exempting Arizona Families Tax Rebate from Federal Income Tax PHOENIX—As Arizonans make their…

November 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s Republicans are promising to hit the gas next year when they assume full control of…

November 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Joint Economic Committee (JEC) hosted a hearing on Tuesday, November 19, to discuss the expiration of several…

September 26, 2024

Republican Congressman David Schweikert, working alongside Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), and Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced the Employee Retention…

September 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman David Schweikert, alongside Congressmen Jared Golden (D-ME), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Glenn Grothman (R-WI), introduced the Employee Retention…

September 16, 2024

A new law, H.R. 3269, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, has passed the House Committee on Ways & Means and…

September 12, 2024

The other bipartisan measure considered, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act (H.R. 3269), got a chillier reception. That bill would amend the Gun Control Act of 1968 by removing “less-than-lethal” equipment like TASER devices from the definition of a firearm — and consequentially, from the tax imposed under Code Sec. 4181.

The bill advanced out of Ways and Means 21-15 after a lively discussion on gun control. It is sponsored by Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ) and has 66 co-sponsors, as well as a bipartisan Senate companion bill (S. 4255) — but it was fellow Arizonian David Schweikert (R) who advocated for the bill before the committee.

According to Schweikert, the bill aims to help us toward a “law enforcement where no one dies” by taking care of “a small … definitional quirk” that requires purchasers of TASERs and other non-lethal devices to pay an excise tax. Many of these purchases are government entities that then must “turn around and collect” the tax back as a refund, he noted.

September 10, 2024

Former Congressman Peter Roskam, who leads BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, provides listeners with a front-row seat to the most important…

July 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Issues facing a growing class of workers and small businesses in the gig economy were examined by the New…

June 14, 2024

BY TOBIAS BURNS – 05/29/24 6:00 AM ET Republicans are getting ready to fast-track the extension of the Trump tax cuts through the reconciliation…