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Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Politicians Descended on the Iowa State Fair
Politicians descended on the Iowa State Fair to meet constituents and sell them on Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. Bloomberg's Erik Wasson went to the fair too. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
05-08-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Texas Map Battle Threatens to Ignite a Multistate Free-for-All
This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation's capital. Today, congressional correspondent Erik Wasson looks at the widening fight over House districts. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here. The battle in Texas over redrawing House districts threatens to mushroom into a multistate free-for-all — one that likely would end with Republicans coming out on top.
Bloomberg
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump Tax Bill Hits Senate With GOP Torn by Competing Demands
By and Erik Wasson Save Senate Majority Leader John Thune is rushing to meet President Donald Trump's July 4 deadline for pushing through his massive tax and spending bill, but first he has to work through a list of approximately eight Republican senators who have expressed opposition to portions of it. Within the next two days, he needs to find a way to appease most of them.
Bloomberg
28-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump Speeds Up Tax Bill Deadline as Tentative SALT Deal Reached
By and Erik Wasson Updated on Save President Donald Trump amped up pressure on Congress to speed passage of his tax-cut bill as Republicans reached a tentative deal on the state and local tax deduction, one of the key sticking points in the negotiations. 'The House of Representatives must be ready to send it to my desk before July 4th — We can get it done,' Trump said on Truth Social Friday.
Bloomberg
27-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Senate Gun, Silencer Provisions Blocked From Trump Tax Bill
By and Erik Wasson Updated on Save Senate Republicans' effort to use President Donald Trump's massive tax bill to eliminate regulations on short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and silencers has hit a roadblock with the chamber's rules-keeper. The Senate parliamentarian decided the policy provisions violate the fast-track budget rules Republicans are using to avoid a filibuster and pass Trump's legislative agenda with only GOP support.
