Tax-exempt bonds

The muni industry is trying to get to the bottom of questions around how the House arrived at savings estimates for eliminating the tax exemption.

Municipal market advocates plan to use the data to support the case to Congress for preserving the tax exemption.

The lobby trying to protect the tax exemption is working overtime as the threat appears very real.

As Republicans hash out their promised tax package, the debate over the bill's scoring method carries implications for tax-exempt municipal bonds.

The House document outlining potential policy changes focuses heavily on the healthcare sector to generate savings.

Sources on the Hill indicate that whatever gets cut will come from that list. But that doesn't mean that everything on the list is going to get cut.

The legislative track pursued by Republicans will set the timeline for the tax reform debate closely watched by the municipal market.

The new Congress will have a full plate including deciding the fate of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Internal Revenue Service funding in a legislature that's already showing cracks of disagreement.

The Republicans are using "magic math" to disguise the cost of extending the TCJA, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who played a key role in negotiations of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, noted at the time the "fierce support in both chambers" for tax-exempt private activity bonds.