Tag: Joseph Lawler

The new wage floors include steps on the way to $15-an-hour minimum wages in California and New York. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Study: 2017 minimum wage hikes will cost 383,000 jobs by 2020

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2017 10:00 am

House Republicans have proposed taxing imports as part of a broader corporate rate-cutting reform that would tax goods based on where they are sold. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Retailers create group to oppose House GOP tax plan

Joseph Lawler · February 1, 2017 8:52 pm

Investors anticipated that the Federal Reserve would not change its short-term rate target of 0.5 percent-0.75 percent, after raising it in December. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

No rate change, few hints from first Fed meeting of Trump presidency

Joseph Lawler · February 1, 2017 7:00 pm

Republicans advanced the nominations of Steven Mnuchin to be treasury secretary and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to be health and human services secretary. (AP Photos)

Senate panel advances Mnuchin, Price nominations without Democrats

Joseph Lawler · February 1, 2017 2:49 pm

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch said it looks increasingly likely that Senate Republicans will be forced to pass tax legislation using the procedural tool known as reconciliation. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hatch: Partisan-only tax reform looks likely

Joseph Lawler · February 1, 2017 2:45 pm

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton says Senate may have to "vote to have the sergeant at arms track them [Senators] down, haul them to work." (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Tom Cotton suggests ordering sergeant at arms to force Dems to vote on nominations

Joseph Lawler · January 31, 2017 6:54 pm

Democrats "boycotted" a scheduled Senate Finance Committee vote on Tuesday to advance the nominations of Steven Mnuchin and Rep. Tom Price and Steven Mnuchin, President Trump's picks for the health and human services and treasury departments. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Mnuchin, Price nominations stalled after Democrats boycott vote

Joseph Lawler · January 31, 2017 3:38 pm

Democrats invoked a rarely used Senate rule to put off the treasury nominee's vote until Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Committee vote on Mnuchin nomination delayed

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2017 9:56 pm

Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.

Democrats come out against Mnuchin ahead of vote

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2017 8:43 pm

Low-income housing groups and industry groups are already lobbying Congress to preserve the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Big affordable-housing program could be hit by tax reform

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2017 5:01 am

Steven Mnuchin, President Trump's nominee for treasury secretary, will get a vote in the Senate Finance Committee Monday night, committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced Friday evening. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate panel to vote on treasury candidate Mnuchin Monday

Joseph Lawler · January 28, 2017 12:21 am

A coalition of 37 major companies has endorsed the tax blueprint, while retailers in particular dislike it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP tax plan pits business against business

Joseph Lawler · January 27, 2017 10:40 pm