Earl Blumenauer

MSPB

IRS suspends Equifax contract as ‘precautionary step’ following credit agency’s data breach

The suspension means taxpayers cannot create new online accounts using Secure Access.

Management

In this photo taken Dec. 10,2015, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, center, flanked by the committee's ranking member, Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., left, and Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., participate in a House Rules Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House has approved a bill that would block U.S. negotiators from using trade agreements to cut greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers debate bills with serious implications for the IRS

Congress

House Budget members update on budget talks