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Wildfire survivors appeal to Congress to end federal income tax on settlements, lawyer fees

Summary by OPB

Western wildfire survivors are calling on Congress to stop playing political football with a bill that would relieve them of federal income taxes on recovery settlements and lawyers fees. To press their point, they’ve sponsored billboards this month in Idaho and Oregon that directly appeal to the two leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee: Oregon’s senior U.S. senator and committee chair, Democrat Ron Wyden, and Idaho’s U.S. Sen. Mike Crap…

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