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Rep. Don Beyer on Powell testimony and the millionaire surtax CNBC - 11/13/2019 Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) joins CNBC’s “The Exchange” team to discuss his questioning of Federal Reserve Jerome Powell and his thoughts on the testimony.   Watch the full interview here Read more »

Here are the 5 most important things Fed Chair Powell talked about on Capitol Hill BY JEFF COX - 11/13/2019 The politics of policy Powell also faced at least two occasions where members tried to pull him into commenting on political issues. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tried several ways to get Powell to comment on the tax plans of Democratic presidential hopefuls. “I’m… Read more »

U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement on the Justice Department’s announcement that it would close the investigation into the November 17, 2017 killing of 25-year-old Northern Virginia accountant Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police without filing criminal charges: “This is not justice. “The Justice Department failed our community for two years by… Read more »

Over Half Of Religious Bias Crimes Target Jews, FBI Says In New Report BY ASHER STOCKLER - 11/12/2019 Almost 60 percent of hate crimes based on religious bias were motivated by anti-Semitism, the FBI reported on Tuesday as part of its annual Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. In 2018, the year covered by the FBI's most recent report, 57.8 percent of religious bias offenses… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced a new tax proposal to help close the gap between the wealthy and everyone else, and raise significant revenue to make new investments that will grow the economy and protect working families. Their “Millionaires Surtax” would apply an additional 10-percentage point tax to incomes above $2 million for… Read more »

Rep. Don Beyer, author of the NO HATE Act, today issued the following statement on the FBI’s release of hate crime statistics for 2018:   “This report on hate crime statistics unfortunately underscores again the dire need for a stronger and more comprehensive national strategy to fight hate. The rise in bias crimes against large groups of Americans sadly reflects what we keep… Read more »

Taxing The Top  BY BERNIE BECKER - 11/07/2019  A proposal Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and House Ways and Means member Don Beyer (D-Va.) are expected to unveil this morning would generate an estimated $635 billion in revenue over a decade, according to the Tax Policy Center, by tacking a 10 percentage-point surtax on all income exceeding… Read more »

Two Democrats come up with a new plan to tax income over $2 million BY YLAN MUI - 11/07/2019  Democrats are finding new ways to go after the wealthy. On Thursday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia, both Democrats, released a plan for a new surtax on income over $2 million. “The millionaires surtax is a sensible plan to restore fairness… Read more »

Democrats unveil proposal for 'millionaires surtax' BY NAOMI JAGODA - 11/07/2019  Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Thursday rolled out a proposal for a “millionaires surtax,” amid a growing interest from Democrats in increasing taxes on the wealthy. “This is a bill designed to address two major problems of public policy: the lack… Read more »

Congressional Democrats propose 'Millionaires Surtax' BY NIHAL KRISHAN - 11/07/2019 Congressional Democrats released a proposal on Thursday to generate an estimated $635 billion in federal revenue over a decade by levying a 10-percentage point tax on incomes above $2 million for married couples or above $1 million for individuals. The “Millionaires Surtax,” introduced… Read more »