Richard Durbin

• Online Sales Tax Could Run into Trouble in U.S. House

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Measure is expected to win Senate approval today.

• Opponents of Online Sales Tax Face Tough Battle

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  April 23, 2013

  Tax could provide states with about $23 billion a year in additional revenue.

• Retailers Push Against Sales Tax Exemption

  By Richard Rubin  |  March 20, 2013

  Nonbinding Senate measure in support of Internet sales tax could pave the way for future legislation.

• CEOs to Seek Fiscal Cliff Deal

  By Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  November 28, 2012

  Reid laments lack of progress toward a deal.

• Fiscal Cliff Compromise Elusive

  By Richard Rubin and Heidi Przybyla, Bloomberg  |  November 27, 2012

  If GOP signs on to tax increases, Democrats would have to accept deeper spending cuts.

• Vote on Business Tax Breaks Possible This Week

  By Kathleen Hunter and Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  September 20, 2012

  Durbin says delaying vote adds to uncertainty.

• Deal on Fiscal Cliff Could Start With AMT

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  September 10, 2012

  Expansion in taxpayers affected by alternative minimum tax could propel Congress toward a deal.

• Congress Set for Payroll-Tax Fight

  By Richard Rubin and James Rowley, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2011

  House Republicans balk at the deal worked out in the Senate.

• Houses Passes Payroll Tax Cut

  By Steven Sloan and Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  December 14, 2011

  Senate Majority Leader Reid rejects House version, which includes changes to unemployment benefits.

• House GOP Pushes Tax Holiday

  By Andrew Zajac, Bloomberg  |  December 8, 2011

  Move to include repatriation of offshore profits faces opposition.