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President Joe Biden snaps his fingers as he responds to a reporters question during a meeting with congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden's claim of support from five former Fed chairs for tax plan erroneous

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
A hiring sign is displayed outside of a restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic in Glenview, Ill., Saturday, May 8, 2021. US job growth slows sharply in sign of hiring struggles. Employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, sharply lower than in March and far fewer than economists had expected. The unemployment rate rose for the first time since April 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. job openings soar to highest level on record

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press
President Joe Biden speaks about the economy, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden says people will go back to work if employers pay 'decent wage'

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
In this April 7, 2021 file photo, a woman asks for help in signing up for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine site, in the Sunset Park neighborhood of New York. New York City hopes to begin offering COVID-19 inoculations to tourists by stationing vaccination vans in Times Square and other visitor-heavy spots, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday, May 6. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Treasury to release COVID-19 bailout money to cities and states; NYC gets $4.2 billion

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
In this April 13, 2014, file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) ** FILE **

'Will taxpayers be scared?': Biden's IRS proposal raises accountability, privacy issues

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Nevada teachers and the Nevada State Education Association hold a rally demanding more funding outside of the state Legislature in Carson City, Nev., Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. As the state struggles to balance its budget amid the pandemic, teachers and their unions want lawmakers to find new revenue streams to fund education and are backing a proposal to raise taxes on the mining industry. (Bob Conrad/This Is Reno via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Most Americans think their taxes will increase over the next year, says Gallup poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
In this May 3, 2021, file photo, Hennepin County Medical Center patient John Grubb, of St. Michael, hugs and says goodbye to several of his caregivers as his wife, Kelly, lower right, looks on before he is discharged from the hospital in Minneapolis, after spending 81 days on the ECMO heart-lung bypass machine, which has been the treatment of last resort in COVID-19 care. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Rep. Brian Higgins of N.Y.: Give a $5K tax credit to health workers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Earmarks: Vulnerable House Dems seek millions of dollars in pet projects ahead of 2022 midterm

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden tours an HVAC workshop at Tidewater Community College, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Portsmouth, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden pushes to make large subsidies that helped revive Obamacare permanent

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

'Big government is back': Biden's unprecedented actions empower labor unions

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) **FILE**

House GOP accuses Biden of politicizing census

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
People walk on the street, Monday, April 26, 2021 in New York. The once-a-decade head count of the United States shows where the population grew during the past 10 years and where it shrank. New York will lose one seat in Congress as a result of national population shifts, according to census data released Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Population shifts favoring blue states under Biden's watch raise alarm

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden waves from the top of the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, April 29, 2021. The Bidens are traveling to Georgia to visit the 39th president, Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn, and to hold a drive-in rally to mark President Biden's100th day in office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden goes hard left in his first 100 days; GOP has been unable to block agenda

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
In this April 13, 2014, file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) ** FILE **

Biden's $400K tax threshold applies to individual filers, not those filing jointly: White House

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Biden pushes Congress to act on agenda, says $1.8T will help families

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
In this April 8, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Biden will mark his 100th day in office on Thursday, April 29. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden to detail $1.8 trillion 'families' spending proposal; wealthy to pay higher taxes

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19, on the North Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden plan taxes rich, investors for middle-class 'security' as agenda price-tag tops $5 trillion

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, about plans to reintroduce a resolution to call on President Joe Biden to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Warren pushes Biden to spend $700 billion on child care

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times
President Biden is expected to sign an executive order that will increase pay for people working on contracts from $10.95 per hour to $15. It will apply to hundreds of thousands of workers, starting on Jan. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden to issue executive order raising minimum wage to $15 for federal contractors

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Red states see gains as census shifts House seats

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, file photo, kids eat lunch at an elementary school in Paducah, Ky. The Biden administration is expanding a program to feed as many as 34 million school children during the summer months. They're using funds from the coronavirus relief package approved in March 2021. (Ellen O'Nan/The Paducah Sun via AP, File)

Biden expanding summer food program for 34M schoolchildren

By Josh Boak - Associated Press
President Joe Biden listens during the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Stocks plummet on report that Biden wants to hike capital gains tax

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
In this July 2, 2018, file photo, traffic moves on the old Gerald Desmond Bridge next to its replacement bridge under construction in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Republicans' 'fiscally responsible' infrastructure plan unveiled in the Senate

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of Shalanda Young to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Sanders redoubles push for $700 billion plan for tuition-free college

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times
This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

EXCLUSIVE: Voters overwhelmingly oppose tax hikes coming out of pandemic, says poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Roger Stone, a longtime Republican provocateur and former confidant of President Donald Trump, waits in line at the federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

DOJ sues Trump ally Roger Stone over $2 million in unpaid taxes

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press
A Northwell Health lab technician uses the Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 rapid tester on a participant before a news conference, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at a pop up COVID-19 vaccination sight at Belmont Park in Elmont , N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

White House announces $1.7B for coronavirus sequencing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this March 25, 2021, file photo, shoppers look at items in Bed, Bath and Beyond, in New York. U.S. consumer prices increased a sharp 0.6% in March, the biggest increase since 2012, while inflation over the past year rose a sizable 2.6%. The big gains were expected to be a temporary blip and not a sign that long dormant inflation pressures were emerging. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Inflation rose 2.6% last year, driven by energy prices

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers to discuss the American Jobs Plan in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

17 House Democrats threaten to tank Biden's tax plan over SALT deduction

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers to discuss the American Jobs Plan in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden will not bend on $400,000 'line in the sand' on tax hikes, says economic adviser

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

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