Samantha Handler

Senate Finance Committee Democrats said Thursday they're working on a menu of tax provisions they want to be in the conversation in the 2025 tax cliff debate.

Democrats’ tax-the-rich agenda, the cornerstone for their 2025 tax cliff plans, faces greater hurdles after last week’s Supreme Court ruling.

The languishing of a $78 billion tax package in the Senate is dampening hopes among affordable housing advocates that tens of thousands of new homes would be generated from the bill, making 2025 an even more crucial year to boost housing development.

While momentum is growing on both sides of the aisle for former President Donald Trump’s proposal to exempt tips from income taxes, some lawmakers are warning that deep faults in the idea could hurt workers in the long run.

Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) is leading one of House Ways and Means Republicans’ tax teams, created to collect information and prepare for tax discussions in 2025, when much of the 2017 tax law expires.

A Nevada Democrat plans to introduce legislation to treat tips as gifts and also raise the tipped worker wage, the latest sign of momentum in Congress to make tips tax-free amid a push from the presidential campaign.

From the valets parking cars to the dealers at the blackjack tables to the bartenders at the city’s many bars, Las Vegas relies on people working for tips.

Lawmakers return to Washington next week for the final sprint of legislating before the November elections, on the heels of a failed tax bill vote, and with an appropriations deadline fast approaching.