Gun rights organizations criticize Senate parliamentarian’s decision on silencer deregulation.
A gun rights organization expressed frustration on Friday after a senator announced that a plan to deregulate firearm silencers would not be included in President Trump’s significant legislation. Republican members of Congress have been seeking to eliminate the $200 federal excise tax on silencers and lift them from the registration mandates of the National Firearms […]
Senate parliamentarian disapproves tax exemption for religious colleges and gun silencer deregulation in GOP major bill
A senator has dismissed Republican efforts to exempt a select few religious institutions, like Hillsdale University, from taxation on university contributions. This comes amid a proposed GOP bill aimed at significantly increasing taxes on donations from affluent universities, while specifically exempting Hillsdale, a Christian liberal arts college in Michigan, which has enlisted lobbyists to avoid […]