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

The bill, which would enact on the federal level similar pro-gun legislation adopted by many Republican states, has gained 21 co-sponsors, including Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo, R-Idaho.

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.

Among the materials for lawmakers is a new report estimating the tax exemption saves issuers $824 billion through 2035.

The former congressman from Wisconsin saw bipartisan support Wednesday during a friendly Senate confirmation hearing.

Lifting the SALT cap is one of several thorny issues Republicans hope to iron out as part of a larger reconciliation bill by March.

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

Brad Lander, the city comptroller, tallied the potential Trump administration threats to the city's federal funding, from infrastructure to hospitals.

The debate over the debt limit has exposed rifts among Republicans, who will take full control of Congress on Friday.

The Trump administration will bring a shift in infrastructure priorities.

The continuing resolution through mid-March is expected to include $$90 billion in disaster funding.

Operator ports, which rely on shipping volume for revenue, are more exposed to trade policy shifts than landlord ports, analysts said.

California's high-speed train has become one of the nation's most politicized infrastructure projects.

The legislation sends unobligated dollars from the TIFIA program to the popular Surface Transportation Block Grant.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., also said implementation of the data standards law may be tricky with the change of administrations.

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

Now a Fox Business host, Duffy while in Congress sat on the Financial Services, Budget and Joint Economic committees.

The report found that the White House Office of Management and Budget played a key role in prodding HUD to add additional requirements for Puerto Rico to access the disaster aid.

A federal watchdog is looking into former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s decision to roll back the U.S. Federal Reserve’s emergency lending programs at the end of 2020, an issue that has become a point of partisan tension in Congress.