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Treasury tax‑policy nominee Ken Keyes pressed on TCJA permanence, child credit and lobbying ties
Summary
Ken Keyes, President Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of the treasury for tax policy, told senators he supports extending key Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions but declined to expand ethics recusal commitments beyond his written agreement.
Ken Keyes, President Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of the treasury for tax policy, defended his long record in tax policy at a Senate Finance Committee hearing while facing persistent questions about the potential fiscal effects of Republican tax proposals and his past private‑sector clients.
Keyes emphasized his decades of experience and repeated that extending 2017 tax law provisions would preserve larger standard deductions and child tax credits for many families. He said allowing the 2017 changes to expire would cut benefits for a typical family of…
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