News: Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) met this afternoon as Thune and Smith brawl over reconciliation strategy for 2025.
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December 11, 2024
Thune and Smith meet. Plus, tax writers talk no tax on tips options.
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