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White House FY2025 Budget Request: Key Tax Takeaways

On Monday, March 11, President Joe Biden released his budget request to Congress (“Budget”) and various accompanying documents. Separately, the Treasury Department released its General Explanations of the Administration’s...more

The White House Releases FY 2025 Budget Tax Priorities

Earlier today, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request to Congress. Overall, it proposes $7.3 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $895 billion for defense and approximately $621 billion...more

Tax Takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union Address

President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address on March 7, emphasizing the tax-policy priorities that will continue to take center stage in his ongoing presidential campaign. Similar to last year’s...more

Taxation & Representation, March 21, 2023

Senators Renew Efforts to Reverse R&D Tax Modification. Last Friday, a bipartisan coalition of 12 senators introduced the American Innovation and Jobs Act to increase incentives for businesses that invest in domestic research...more

Summary and Analysis: White House FY2024 Budget Request Tax Proposals

On Thursday, March 9, President Joe Biden released his $6.9 trillion Budget and various accompanying documents. Separately, the Treasury Department released its Green Book, which provides more detailed descriptions of the tax...more

White House Releases FY 2024 Budget Request

Earlier today, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request to Congress. Overall, it proposes $6.9 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $880 billion for defense and approximately $992 billion...more

Taxation & Representation, September 13, 2022

LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN - Recess Recap: What happened over the last month in the world of tax?   Congress Considers Options to Delay Impending Shutdown. With Congress unable to reach a consensus on appropriations bills for...more

White House Releases FY 2023 Budget Request

The White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request on Monday. Overall, it proposes $5.8 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $813 billion for defense and about $769 billion in non-defense...more

Taxation & Representation, January 11, 2022

Tax Tidbit - Budget Reconciliation: By the Numbers. Since 1980, Congress has passed 26 budget reconciliation bills, 22 of which have become law. During 11 of those 41 years, Congress did not pass any budget reconciliation...more

Build Back Better Act: Recent Developments and Takeaways

After negotiating for months with the White House and congressional Democratic leaders, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Sunday announced he would not vote for the Build Back Better Act (BBBA)—the $2.4 trillion reconciliation...more

Taxation & Representation, November 17, 2021

Tax Tidbit - Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Becomes Law. On Monday, President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which contains $1.2 trillion in funding for traditional infrastructure...more

Taxation & Representation, November 2, 2021

The Brownstein Tax Policy Team is currently combing through the 1,600-plus pages of budget reconciliation text released last week. Below is a truncated version of Taxation & Representation that provides the latest on the...more

Tax & Financial Services Week Ahead - November 1, 2021

The House and Senate will reconvene Monday at 6:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively - What to Watch - Last week, congressional Democrats released 1,684 pages of legislative text mirroring portions of the budget...more

Build Back Better Act: Tax Policy Summary and Analysis

On Nov. 3, the House Rules Committee released updated text for the Build Back Better Act, the budget reconciliation bill, which contains President Joe Biden’s human infrastructure and green energy priorities. This latest...more

Summary and Analysis of Biden Administration’s Newly Released FY 2022 Budget

On Friday, May 28, the Biden administration released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget request (“Budget”) and the following accompanying documents. - Fact Sheet. Six-page summary of various proposals in the Budget. -...more

Building Back Better, April 20, 2021

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK - - Republican Counterproposal. Senate Republicans are crafting a counter-proposal as an alternative to President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan (AJP). The package is expected to cost around $600 to...more

Building Back Better, April 13, 2021

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK - - White House Selling AJP. As the administration seeks to gain bipartisan support for its American Jobs Plan (AJP), President Joe Biden will be holding a series of meetings with lawmakers to discuss...more

Building Back Better, March 30, 2021

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK - - Administration Proposal. President Joe Biden will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 31, where he will unveil the contours of the infrastructure package. Biden Preliminary Budget...more

Building Back Better, March 23, 2021

Note: Congress recently voted on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package—the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA, P.L.117-2). It includes stimulus checks for individuals, expanded unemployment benefits, and funding for vaccines,...more

End-of-Year Spending and Health Care Extenders Package Overview

House and Senate lawmakers came to a bipartisan agreement on an end-of-year spending deal that will fund the government for FY 2020. The $1.37 trillion package includes a total of $738 billion in funding for the military and...more

Year-End Spending Bill Includes Tax Extenders, Disaster Tax Relief

Just past midnight on Dec. 17, lawmakers released an amendment to one of two spending bills released on Dec. 16—H.R. 1865—the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020. Most notably, the amendment included an extension...more

Taxation & Representation - June 2019 #3

TAX TIDBIT - Five Takeaways and a Falsehood: Test Your Knowledge of the Ways and Means Tax Markup - On Thursday, the House Ways and Means Committee marked up and approved the following four bills, largely along...more

Taxation & Representation - March 2019 #3

IN THIS ISSUE - Tax Tidbit - - $43,060,000,000 Legislative Lowdown - - Extenders: Contenders or Pretenders? - Better Later Than Never - Democrats Budge on Budget ...more

Taxation & Representation, February 2019

MEET THE MEMBERS - Now just over a month into the 116th Congress, the tax writing committees have been formally announced, and we at Brownstein want to introduce you to all of the new faces. This week, we feature new House...more

Taxation & Representation - September 24, 2018

TAX TIDBIT - With the midterm elections just weeks away, both parties have been hitting the campaign trail hard, strutting their stuff to win over voters. ...more

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