Republicans take new steps to keep Trump’s tax returns secret
Republicans take new steps to keep Trump’s tax returns secret
03/29/17 04:24 PM
By Steve Benen
He meant to say the latter, not the former, but in a way, Spicer accidentally told the truth: the public appetite for Donald Trump’s tax returns is real, and despite the ongoing efforts to keep the materials secret, calls for the president to be transparent, as all of his modern predecessors have been, aren’t going away.
Neither are efforts to force Trump to disclose the materials he doesn’t want the public to see. The Huffington Post reported:
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee voted down a measure offered by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) to force President Donald Trump to release his tax returns to the committee.
In a party-line vote on Tuesday, 24 committee Republicans voted against the measure and 16 Democrats voted for it.
In case you’re wondering why the GOP-led committee brought up the issue at all, Roll Call reported that it wasn’t by choice: Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) had to bring up Bill Pascrell’s bill, which would’ve directed the Treasury Department to provide lawmakers with the tax returns, because Dems forced the issue “under a procedural tool known as a resolution of inquiry.”
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03/29/17 04:24 PM
By Steve Benen
He meant to say the latter, not the former, but in a way, Spicer accidentally told the truth: the public appetite for Donald Trump’s tax returns is real, and despite the ongoing efforts to keep the materials secret, calls for the president to be transparent, as all of his modern predecessors have been, aren’t going away.
Neither are efforts to force Trump to disclose the materials he doesn’t want the public to see. The Huffington Post reported:
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee voted down a measure offered by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) to force President Donald Trump to release his tax returns to the committee.
In a party-line vote on Tuesday, 24 committee Republicans voted against the measure and 16 Democrats voted for it.
In case you’re wondering why the GOP-led committee brought up the issue at all, Roll Call reported that it wasn’t by choice: Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) had to bring up Bill Pascrell’s bill, which would’ve directed the Treasury Department to provide lawmakers with the tax returns, because Dems forced the issue “under a procedural tool known as a resolution of inquiry.”
READ MORE: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/re...
