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Wildfire survivors appeal to Congress: End income tax on settlements, lawyer fees

Survivors of western wildfires are urging 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 chairman Ron Wyden, and Idaho’s U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, the Republican ranking member of the committee.





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