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Originally published in: ARLnow Arlington’s congressman has pledged to support a resolution limiting U.S. military involvement in Iran. U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D) cast his support yesterday (Tuesday) for a war powers resolution that would prohibit any use of the U.S. military in “hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran” without a declaration of war or explicit… Read more »

Yesterday Senate Republicans unveiled their version of legislation to extend and expand the Trump tax cuts for the wealthy. While scores for their altered bill are still forthcoming, the changes from the House-passed version are unlikely to significantly alter that bill’s distributional effects, which would result in the largest transfer of wealth from working people to the rich from a… Read more »

Last week during a hearing by the House Committee on Ways and Means, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent responded to questioning about deficit effects of H.R. 1 by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) by suggesting that the bill would be fully offset through revenue raised by tariffs imposed on other countries by President Trump [as Beyer pointed out, this claim did not account for interest… Read more »

Originally published in: WUSA 9 Thousands of people participated in 'No Kings' protests across Northern Virginia, Saturday, including one on King Street in Old Town, Alexandria. Others could be seen by drivers traveling on I-395 in Arlington. 'No Kings' protesters hung signs and flags on highway overpasses just a few miles from Saturday’s parade. “When you ignore the people,… Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was assaulted while attempting to ask Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a question during a press conference in Los Angeles: “This is another disgraceful episode in a long train of abuses from a thuggish administration that has repeatedly incited and encouraged violence. What… Read more »

Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Connecticut’s U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy, and U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34) and Donald Beyer (D-VA-08) today reintroduced the Choose Medicare Act. This revolutionary proposal opens Medicare to all Americans with a new ‘Part E’ and builds on the system we have today by allowing Medicare to compete with private health… Read more »

Originally published in: MS NOW Partway through Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Democratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia focused attention on an underappreciated story: just how weak the U.S. economy has been since Donald Trump returned to power. Noting that the Cabinet secretary has been successful in the past, the congressman asked,… Read more »

Originally published in: The Hill Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) knocked President Trump on Wednesday after his Treasury secretary suggested that the 90-day pause on “reciprocal” tariffs could be extended even further for countries willing to negotiate with the U.S. “Does it smell like TACOs in here to anyone else?” Beyer posted on X, using an acronym for “Trump Always… Read more »

Originally published in: ALXnow Facing billions in federal health care cuts in Virginia, Alexandria Congressman Don Beyer (D-8) is joining Virginia House Majority Leader Charniele Herring (D-4) and State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-39) next week for three in-person panel discussions across Virginia. The $715 billion in federal health care cuts would… Read more »

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and chairs the New Democrat Coalition’s Trade Task Force, issued the following statement on a ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade vacating and permanently enjoining Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on nearly every country in the world, including his “Liberation Day” tariffs and… Read more »