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IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, right, and IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley prepare to testify during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday.

House panel backs release of Hunter Biden tax probe information

By Laura Weiss
Posted December 5, 2023 at 9:40pm
Martin O’Malley, nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Nov. 2.

Biden pick for Social Security chief OK’d by Senate panel

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 28, 2023 at 2:26pm
From left, Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaker-designate, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., are seen on the House floor before Johnson was elected speaker on Oct. 25.

Bipartisan consensus elusive on government retirees’ benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 28, 2023 at 5:00am
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, seen leaving a House GOP meeting on Nov. 7, says the administration’s move may be unconstitutional.

IRS delays new online sellers’ tax reporting threshold

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 21, 2023 at 4:16pm
A server pours a beer at Capitol Lounge on Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast on Capitol Hill.

Beer industry enters fray in battle over rum tax benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 9, 2023 at 5:00am
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a Senate Banking hearing on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

Senate duo aims to cut off Russia tax treaty benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted October 26, 2023 at 1:23pm
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., receives speaker's gavel from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on left, after being sworn in on Wednesday.

Johnson elected speaker for remainder of 118th Congress

By Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 25, 2023 at 12:18pm, Updated at 3:33pm
Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., a candidate for speaker of the House, speaks to reporters outside a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday.

Johnson secures GOP nomination for speaker

By Laura Weiss and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 24, 2023 at 9:20pm, Updated at 11:07pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is seen outside the House Republican Conference speaker election meeting in the Longworth Building on Tuesday.

Emmer faces tough road to speaker’s gavel on the floor

By Laura Weiss, Aidan Quigley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 24, 2023 at 10:11am, Updated at 4:14pm
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., is one of nine Republicans competing to win the GOP nomination for speaker.

Scramble for speakership

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 23, 2023 at 1:18pm