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Despite last-minute changes, Senate budget bill deals big blow to renewable energy
The Senate bill effectively phases out renewable energy tax credits after 2026 if projects haven't started construction.
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Reconciliation bill includes measure to help civilian intel analysts cover moving costs
The policy aims to ease the financial burden on non-military intelligence workers by aligning their moving expense tax ...
Marathon Senate vote on Trump's big bill drags out as Republicans struggle to find path to passage
With Sens. Rand Paul and Thom Tillis opposed to the package, GOP leaders can afford only one more defection. And multiple ...
Maine Senate approves 116 bills of the special appropriations table
In less than 48 hours, lawmakers had to decide how to appropriate up to $7 million in state funding for nearly 300 bills.
Susan Shelley: Senate Bill 79 robs Californians of their right to enjoy single-family homes
This is a failure, not least because the government has managed to turn public transit and city sidewalks into filthy ...
Senate Republican tax bill passes 'SALT' deduction cap of $40,000. Here's who would benefit.
The $40,000 cap would begin this year, with the same $500,000 income phaseout, and both figures would rise by 1% annually ...
Race against time: How Congress barely made July 4 deadline on 'big, beautiful bill'
Slow-moving congressional time management faced a test with President Trump's July 4 deadline for "big, beautiful bill," and ...
Student loans, gun silencers and a space shuttle: See surprises found in Senate tax bill
From gun silencers to the child tax credit, there are several secluded provisions lurking in the Senate's version of sweeping ...