President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the Treasury Department’s top tax adviser shows how serious the incoming administration is about delivering on a mammoth 2025 tax bill.
Trump on Jan. 2 announced he’d picked Kenneth Kies, a veteran lobbyist and former congressional staffer from the Republican establishment. He’ll be tasked with selling a bill that both achieves the policy objectives of the president and addresses the concerns of lawmakers and their constituents.
Kies’s job will be far from easy.
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