House Committee Votes To , Release Redacted Trump Tax Returns.<br />CBS News reports that the House Ways and Means Committee voted 24-16 on Dec. 20 to release the records.<br />Portions of six years of Trump's tax returns will be made available to the public.<br />Democrats pointed to the fact that nine of the last 10 presidents, the exception being Trump, released their tax returns.<br />The idea that somebody is making millions of dollars and can get away without paying their taxes by avoiding — in an unprecedented way — their tax liability, while single moms who are trying to take care of their kids are being audited, is absolutely unacceptable, Democratic Rep. Mike Thompson, via statement.<br />Means Committee chair Richard Neal said it will take a "few days" since sensitive information must first be redacted. .<br />Neal also called for <br />legislation that would <br />force presidents to <br />submit to annual <br />audits of their taxes.<br />Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed and called on the <br />House to quickly take up the legislation since <br />Republicans will gain control of the chamber in January.<br />Republican Rep. Kevin Brady called the decision <br />"a dangerous new political weapon that overturns decades of privacy protections for average <br />taxpayers in the era of political targeting.".<br />CBS News reports that a 2020 <br />'New York Times' article found that Trump only <br />paid $750 in federal taxes in 2017 and 2018
