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May 15, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the Service Charge Tax Fairness Act to help small businesses, like neighborhood restaurants and bars, better navigate the challenges of the industry. The Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC) applauds this legislation, which would treat service charges like tips and provide an avenue within the tax syst

May 8, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) led a bipartisan group of 38 lawmakers demanding answers from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the implementation of recent reforms aimed at combatting hospice fraud and abus

May 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, pushed President Biden to enact nearly a dozen executive actions that build on the Department of Justice’s proposal to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III substance.