House to hold hearings on legislation requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns
Source: www.dailykos.com - Thursday, January 31, 2019
After two years of delays by House and Senate Republicans, House Democrats are finally, finally taking action to address Donald Trump's refusal to make public his tax returns. Trump mockingly dismissed the long-established norm meant to demonstrate that a would-be president is not in the pocket of any untoward interests, coming up with a series of supposed excuses why he could not. As with much else in the Trump era, the realization that a president demonstrating he is not crooked is merely a norm, not a requirement, has left many Americans nonplussed. Now that House committees are under the leadership of Democrats, House Republicans can obstruct no longer. Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Lewis announced today the first hearing on new Democratic legislative proposals to require the public release of such records by presidential and vice presidential candidates in future elections. That hearing will take place on Feb. 7. This does not address the problem of the current White House occupant remaining, ahem, resolute about not sharing that information during this term of office. The effort to correct that will be headed by the House Ways and Means Committee itself, and already progressive Democratic members are pressing new Chairman Rep. Richard Neal to more speedily demand Trump's tax records for congressional review. But it is a start. Trump no longer has a deeply cynical Republican Party positioned to run interference o
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After two years of delays by House and Senate Republicans, House Democrats are finally, finally taking action to address Donald Trump's refusal to make public his tax returns. Trump mockingly dismissed the long-established norm meant to demonstrate that a would-be president is not in the pocket of any untoward interests, coming up with a series of supposed excuses why he could not. As with much else in the Trump era, the realization that a president demonstrating he is not crooked is merely a norm, not a requirement, has left many Americans nonplussed. Now that House committees are under the leadership of Democrats, House Republicans can obstruct no longer. Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Rep. John Lewis announced today the first hearing on new Democratic legislative proposals to require the public release of such records by presidential and vice presidential candidates in future elections. That hearing will take place on Feb. 7. This does not address the problem of the current White House occupant remaining, ahem, resolute about not sharing that information during this term of office. The effort to correct that will be headed by the House Ways and Means Committee itself, and already progressive Democratic members are pressing new Chairman Rep. Richard Neal to more speedily demand Trump's tax records for congressional review. But it is a start. Trump no longer has a deeply cynical Republican Party positioned to run interference o
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