WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on June 4, 2026, by John Kartch: * * * Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: Beauty  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on June 5, 2026, by Evan Honore: * * * General Overview of Federal Excise Taxes Excise taxes are targeted taxes imposed on particular goods, services, or activities. Americans for Tax Reform has recorded 210 federal excise taxes - The first federal excise tax was imposed on domestically distilled spirits, imposed in 1791 under President George Washington and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. This tax led to   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Designates Six New National Trails Across Five States * In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 6, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum designated five new National Recreation Trails and one National Water Trail, adding 162.5 miles of hiking, paddling and outdoor recreation opportunities across five states. The newly designated trails join a nationwide  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement with Reps. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Bill Keating, D-Massachusetts, Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, and Kevin Kiley, I-California: * * * Meeks, Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Keating, Bacon, and Kiley Issue Statement on Passage of Bipartisan Ukraine Support Act Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, issued the following news release: * * * Subcommittee to Hold Roundtable on Implementing Public Buildings Reforms Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a roundtable on the implementation of rece  more