Richard Neal

Challenges Await Top Democrat Tax Writer

If Democrats retake the House majority in the midterm elections, the party’s top tax writer faces the prospect of doing his share to deliver on top priorities such as affordability and Trump administration accountability, Macon Atkinson and I report.

Ways and Means Committee veteran and current ranking member Richard Neal (D-Mass.) appears to be on a glide path to retaking the panel’s gavel if Democrats prevail this year.

Neal has led as a consensus builder seeking to work within his caucus to move legislation and oversight priorities through his committee. He will likely ...