Howard Gleckman

Washington Governor Jay Inslee proposes a statewide cap and trade program. The Democrat released details of his carbon pollution market program that would give the state's Department of Ecology authority to set annual goals aimed at reducing emissions to half of 1990 levels. Inslee would...

Congress has adjourned. The Daily Deduction will post on Mondays until the 114th Congress convenes.    Expired tax breaks: Renewed for 2014. Last night the Senate passed a $42 billion package of expired tax breaks by a vote of 76-16. In two weeks' time, the tax...