Office PoliticsI've Always Wondered ...Election 2024My Analog Life

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Stories Tagged as

Congress

How Congress deals with sexual harassment allegations

by Kai Ryssdal and Hayley Hershman
Nov 21, 2017
And what tax payer dollars have to do with it.
Rep. John Conyers of Michigan is the latest politician to be accused of sexual harassment.
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Here’s how homebuyers and brokers are reacting to the tax bill

by Reema Khrais
Nov 21, 2017
Real estate brokers say the proposed tax changes would hit expensive cities the hardest.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

White House requests $44 billion in disaster aid from Congress. Now the negotiations begin

by Mitchell Hartman
Nov 20, 2017
Texas, Florida, and especially Puerto Rico say they need tens of billions of more in funding to help recovery efforts. But how do economic cost estimates from a disaster get turned into legislation?
U.S. Army soldiers pass out food, provided by FEMA, to residents in a neighborhood without grid electricity or running water on October 17, 2017 in San Isidro, Puerto Rico.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Even banks support making U.S. shell companies less secretive

by Jana Kasperkevic
Nov 9, 2017
Banks hope that a crackdown on the secrecy behind U.S.-based shell companies will make their jobs easier.
Wells Fargo banks in Woodbury, Minn.
AREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images
Share Now on:
SHARE

Tax reformers are facing some late nights in pursuit of those lower-rate "goodies"

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Oct 25, 2017
The president's tweets make the job tougher.
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Capitol Hill yesterday. Trump joined senators to talk about upcoming legislation, including the proposed GOP tax cuts and reform.
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Xi urges stronger Chinese stand against "grim" challenges

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 18, 2017
China's Community Party Congress — an event that happens twice a decade — kicked off today.
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Share Now on:
SHARE

Can Congress make consumer data safer?

by Ryan Kailath
Oct 17, 2017
The Senate Banking committee meets today for another hearing about the Equifax data breach. With the major credit reporting agencies woven deeply into the fabric of our financial system, what can Congress actually do here? Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

For public good, not for profit.

Donate
Weekly Wrap

Will Congress pass any big legislation in 2017?

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 13, 2017
Let's wrap up the week in business and economic news.
 Storm clouds fill the sky over the U.S. Capitol Building.
Mark Wilson/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Homeowners might have to start paying taxes on forgiven debt again

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 13, 2017
If the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act isn't extended, homeowners with forgiven debt will have to pay taxes on that debt.
The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington DC.
Mark Wilson/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

What we don't know about gun violence

by Lizzie O'Leary
Oct 6, 2017
And how funding for gun violence research could make a difference.
Semi-automatic rifles are seen for sale in a gun shop in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 4, 2017. 
ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE