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Pappas, Wagner, Burchett lead bipartisan push to include 1099-K fix in tax package

As Congress works to develop a bipartisan tax package, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), and Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) along with fifteen bipartisan colleagues, sent a letter to House and Ways and Means Committee leadership expressing their strong support for the inclusion of a legislative fix for Form 1099-K reporting requirements that threaten to significantly raise bureaucratic hurdles for online sellers in the upcoming Ways and Means markup.  READ MORE

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Kuster takes lead in call for medication-assisted treatment training for medical students

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH), founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, led 14 Members of Congress on Saturday applauded the steps that medical education leadership has taken to respond to the opioid crisis while calling for more experiential training for medical students to learn to use medication-assisted treatment. Reps. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Trone (D-MD), Turner (R-OH), Trahan (D-MA), and Miller (R-WV) were co-leads of this letter. READ MORE