All posts tagged "Jason Smith"

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin won't disclose what his congressional roommate pays to live in the Capitol Hill home Mullin owns.

According to a Thursday article by The Daily Mail, Mullin has shared the house with Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) for three years. Smith, who is unmarried, confirmed the arrangement to The Daily Mail during an interview in late July.

The house is a classic brick row that sits a short walk from the Capitol and is priced at $1.8 million, according to The Daily Mail....

Some Republican lawmakers are starting to regret voting for President Donald Trump's megabill now that they're hearing about some of its provisions for the very first time, NBC News reported.

Sahil Kapur, NBC News senior national political reporter, said one of the problematic provisions is a "tax hike on gamblers" that one professional sports better called "potentially catastrophic for the industry."

The clause "would reduce the tax deduction on wagering losses from 100% to 90% starting in 2026," Kapur said in a report for Politics Now....

CNN's Kasie Hunt pressed House Ways and Means Committee chair Jason Smith (R-MO) Tuesday on using his subpoena powers to light the fuse on the Jeffrey Epstein files instead of waiting an entire month until lawmakers are back from August recess.

Smith maintained that Americans don't care about the Epstein issue enough for him to take extraordinary steps to release the information.

But Hunt didn't back away....

CNN's Dana Bash pressed Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, about the proposed Medicaid cuts in the mega spending bill being taken up by the House Wednesday.

The Senate passed the bill Tuesday with an 80-hour per month work requirement, as well as additional co-pays for Medicaid recipients. President Donald Trump has been pressuring House Republicans to have the bill on his desk by July 4.

Bash cited nonpartisan estimates saying that 17 million Americans would lose health coverage under the Senate's version of the bill....

CNN's Dana Bash pressed House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) Tuesday about how comfortable he seemed to be at willingly handing over Congress' power of the purse to Elon Musk.

"I do want to ask about the advocacy that you have had going on for a long time for Congress as the holder of the power of the purse, that is what the Constitution says," Bash began. "But you're also a big cheerleader for Elon Musk, who is unilaterally canceling programs and entire departments that Congress funded. Why are you so comfortable with Congress giving up that constitutionally mandated power?"

"It's not about Congress giving up any power," Smith answered. "It's strictly about looking at government as a whole, making sure it's efficient, making sure that money is not going in places that illegally it shouldn't have gone to. And it's just making sure that government is working for the people." ...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden all but unraveled, but you wouldn’t know that from talking to House Republicans this week.

They’re out for Biden family blood more than ever.

The GOP’s cheering of a damning verdict for presidential son Hunter Biden — found guilty of lying on a federal firearm form and illegally owning a gun — have proven short-lived. ...