The Washington Inquisitor
Tax Policy
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Federal scholarship tax credit rules draw more than 22,000 comments as IRS moves hearing to telephone only
An Inquisitor review of the docket finds just over half of the 22,477 posted comments carry the same form-letter language opposing the credit. Thirty states, including Virginia, have opted in for 2027.
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Khanna makes the case for California’s billionaire tax
On “Conversate with Killer Mike,” Rep. Ro Khanna, a likely 2028 contender, defended Proposition 40’s one-time 5% tax on about 200 billionaires to fund health care.
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House task force reviewing Congress’s sexual harassment rules plans recommendations after Election Day
A bipartisan House working group led by Reps. Kat Cammack and Teresa Leger Fernández is weighing a staff-wide relationship ban, a single reporting line and longer complaint deadlines.
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Wyden releases draft data center tax and AI worker aid bills ahead of midterms
The top Finance Committee Democrat unveiled an excise tax on data center operators and an expansion of unemployment insurance for workers displaced by artificial intelligence.
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Ways and Means Democrats give Treasury until Oct. 28 to explain missing IRS tax-return statistics
Ten House Ways and Means Democrats asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent why the IRS’s 2026 filing season statistics have not been published. The IRS statistics page still lists 2025 as the latest…