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August 29, 2018 AP: US economy grew at a brisk 4.2 percent annual rate in Q2

AP US economy grew at a brisk 4.2 percent annual rate in Q2 By Martin Crutsinger August 29, 2018 The…

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August 28, 2018 ICYMI – MarketWatch: Americans haven’t been this confident in the economy since 1990s Internet boom

MarketWatch Americans haven’t been this confident in the economy since 1990s Internet boom By Jeffry Bartash August 28, 2018 The…

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August 14, 2018 Tax Facts Tuesday: You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped? Families and Small Businesses

Here’s the news: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act continues to fuel our economy. With the economy growing at a 4.1% pace last quarter,…

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August 08, 2018 ICYMI: Fair and Foul On the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The bottom line: “[For the AP] to gratuitously opine — not report — that [the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act] was…

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August 07, 2018 Tax Facts Tuesday: Americans of All Walks of Life Benefit from Growing Economy

Here’s the news: Job growth has averaged 224,000 over the past three months. Fueled by the GOP tax cuts and regulatory…

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August 01, 2018 MORE JOBS: Tax Reform to Create 1.44 Million Jobs

Today, the nonpartisan Tax Foundation released a new analysis projecting the number of new full-time jobs that will be created in each…

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July 31, 2018 Tax Facts Tuesday: 4.1%

  Here’s the news: Last Friday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its report on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the…

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July 30, 2018 ICYMI: Tax Cuts Bust ‘Secular Stagnation’

Key Takeaway: “The revenue trend shows that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was fiscally conservative as a tax cut…

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July 26, 2018 HR Subcommittee Examines New Foster Care Law’s Impact on Opioid Crisis

The House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), held a hearing on the “The…

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July 26, 2018 Social Security Subcommittee Questions Changes to Social Security’s Disability Appeals Process

The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX), held a hearing yesterday on “Examining…

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