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Muni advocates are stepping up pressure on Congress to take the elimination of municipal bond tax exemption off the menu by exploring alternatives and providing numbers showing how short term gains will become long term losses.

The Lone Star state, the nation's largest exporter of goods, could be hit economically by a tariff war, particularly with Mexico, its biggest trading partner.

In 2017, the BDA hired a lobbying firm as Congress wrote a tax reform bill. This time, the group opted for a strategic communications firm.

A united Republican vote for the continuing resolution could indicate the GOP's ability to gather support for the more complex reconciliation bill.

Moody's Ratings has placed Washington D.C.'s credit rating on review for a possible downgrade for all debt classes due to the Trump administration's cuts to the federal workforce.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is signaling a change in infrastructure emphasis by pressing the District of Columbia to address safety issues on the city's streets while also pushing Amtrak and WMATA to boost security and curtail fare evasion.

A district judge in Rhode Island issued a second order telling the administration to halt its grant freeze, saying his first order is not being followed.

Future generations will benefit if we don't give up on breakthroughs in medicine or energy. That's why research Trump is cutting should be funded with bonds.

Disasters like wildfires, floods and hurricanes "are striking harder and more often."

Senate GOP leaders also aim to make the TCJA tax cuts permanent, which would raise the costs of tax reform unless a new scoring method is adopted.