The Real Corporate Profits Minimum Tax Act would raise over $300 billion and promote a fairer tax system Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are introducing legislation with a number of his colleagues to prevent America’s largest corporations from paying nothing in …
Read More »Three U.S. Senators Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
Three Senators said Thursday they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Independent Senator Angus King of Maine, and Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado all tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday after experiencing what their offices described as mild symptoms. Wicker, the top …
Read More »Nearly A Dozen GOP Senators Sign On To Latest Bipartisan Infrastructure Proposal
Nearly a dozen GOP Senators have joined Democrats in the chamber to support a fledgling bipartisan compromise to spend hundreds of billions on repairing and upgrading various infrastructure across the United States. Eleven GOP Senators signed onto the framework of a deal to support a $1 trillion package that targets …
Read More »U.S. House Passes D.C. Statehood Bill, But Lacks Votes in Senate
For the second time, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending the historic bill to the Senate on a party-line vote. “We look forward to a swift vote in the Senate on this essential legislation,” House Speaker Nancy …
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