Spending and Economy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), along with 190 Members of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging them to address the enormous backlog the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) currently has and bring certainty and relief to American taxpayers as tax filing season begins.
A few weeks ago, I was speaking with former Defense Secretary General James Mattis about some of the lessons he’s learned over the years. One of his biggest takeaways? How incredible of a community Central Washington is, and that sometimes it takes leaving to know what you have.
On Friday, the Labor Department announced that consumer prices increased by 6.8 percent in November compared to last year, the largest annual increase in over 39 years. If that doesn't make apparent the impacts President Biden's policies are having on American families to my progressive colleagues, I don't know what will.
Americans deserve fiscal responsibility. With the stranglehold the far left has on the Democratic Party, we've seen anything but that.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), released the following statement after joining 98 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig requesting information on how the agency plans to resolve its process and prepare for the upcoming 2022 tax filing season, given the current backlog of unprocessed returns.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement on this morning's vote against H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act.
"Today's vote leaves me concerned for the future of our country, and I am deeply disappointed in my Democratic colleagues for pushing through this partisan package.
President Biden is so focused on passing the so-called "Build Back Better" Act that he has completely missed multiple warning signs that his failed policies are leading our economy straight toward disaster.
Inflation? Check. Supply chain crisis? Check. Energy shortage? Check. Labor? Nowhere to be found.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement on Friday's vote against H.R. 3684, the "Bipartisan" Infrastructure Package and the rule to consider the Build Back Better Act.
"Friday's vote represented a complete and total failure on the Democrats' part to listen to the American people.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and members of the House Republican Conference in sending a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding she postpone a vote on H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, until the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) can assign a score to the bill and determine its costs and economic impacts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) along with nearly three dozen of his House Republican colleagues, sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel requesting the CBO to analyze the economic, tax, and fiscal impacts of President Biden's Build Back Better Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Newhouse joined Rep. Ferguson, along with every Republican member of the Ways and Means Committee, in introducing the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act. This legislation would prohibit the IRS from implementing any form of the Biden Administration's aggressive bank surveillance scheme. In addition, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep.