Bloomberg The year-old Democratic majority in the US House faces its toughest test now that the chamber has locked in a vote on impeaching President Donald Trump next week. It’s a step that many moderates in the party had hoped to avoid. The Democrats who flipped Republican seats in 2018 to give Speaker Nancy Pelosi her gavel have helped pass ...

Bloomberg US lawmakers led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley are negotiating a potential revival of expired tax breaks in last-minute negotiations over a government spending bill. The talks are focussed on reinstating the so-called tax extenders, a move that could be a boon to the biofuel and short-line railroad industries that were hoping to see renewal of valuable ...

Bloomberg The US Justice Department is readying a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment Inc over alleged violations of conditions imposed on the company by regulators when it bought Ticketmaster nearly a decade ago, according to a person familiar with the matter. The department’s antitrust division approved the merger in 2010 after imposing a host of rules that that were intended ...