TAKE with里克·克莱因

大事件可以是合法的，也可以是不合法的。

美国最富有的美国人的税务信息惊人的明显泄露，由ProPublica已经在重塑全国辩论，可能会从多个方向影响乔·拜登总统的议程。

拜登本人要去海外旅行，还有两党谈判停滞不前这份关于超级富豪收入少的报告影响了他议程的几个部分赋税重新开始讨论是否以及如何确保亿万富翁支付更多。

白宫一方面谴责任何潜在的非法泄露私人税收数据的行为，另一方面却在利用这一披露为自己辩护废除特朗普减税政策对于年收入超过40万美元的人来说。

除了拜登的税收提案对富人中最富有者缴纳的税收影响微乎其微。那个，进步派认为将需要征收财产税，拜登和他的助手认为这是不明智和不可行的。

索尔·勒布/法新社，通过盖蒂图像，文件

2019年1月28日，华盛顿的国税局大楼。

共和党人几乎不痒提高税收。他们对ProPublica报告的回应集中在数据根本就没有公开的事实上——而此时拜登希望以可能使私人数据更容易被未经授权的披露的方式加强国税局的执法。

与此同时，保守派幸灾乐祸地指出，像沃伦·巴菲特和迈克尔·布隆伯格这样的著名民主党人，以及马克·扎克伯格和杰夫·贝索斯这样被视为敌视保守派的科技巨头，实际上纳税很少。

这部重磅炸弹落在了一个关键时刻——拜登和他的政党中的一些人寻求在税收上达成协议，但幅度不大不同的术语。除此之外，政策制定者和公众对税收制度如何为那些最有能力利用税收制度的人服务的现实有着更多的了解。

的纲要阿维·哈珀

黑人民权领袖为他们的案子辩护支持将投票权授予参议院最引人注目的对手之一，弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员乔·曼钦

曼钦在周末写了一篇点评宣称他反对《为人民服务法案》，称该法案带有党派色彩。相反，曼钦说他支持人力资源4，约翰·路易斯投票权促进法案，该法案旨在恢复1965年《选举权法案》的关键部分。

参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔星期二宣布反对这项以民权偶像名字命名的立法，称其“没有必要”。

HR1承诺增加投票箱的使用，改革金钱在政治中的作用，并支持联邦道德规则。对于一些共和党人来说，反对根深蒂固担心这会损害该党获胜的机会。

凯文·迪特施/盖蒂影像公司

在最初的谈判失败后，参议员乔·曼钦走向两党基础设施会议

尽管黑人领袖一再恳求，曼钦仍然不动。通过他的反对，曼钦将自己塑造成一个已经运转不良的立法机构中的传统救世主，以及为了议会程序而维护议会程序的人。这一观点得到了持有该观点的黑人领袖的响应长达一小时的呼叫和他一起。

“这与其说是这些法案的实质，不如说是与他对参议院运作方式的看法有关，”城市联盟主席马克·莫里亚尔对美国广播公司新闻说。"我们认为实质比程序更重要。"

曼钦对阻挠议事和阻挠立法的顽强辩护并非没有后果。如同共和党领导的努力全国各地的州议会继续限制投票箱的使用联邦立法旨在反击这些措施的影响变得更加不确定。

小费奎因·斯坎兰

在他的胜利演说周二晚上，民主党州长候选人特里·麦考利夫(Terry McAuliffe)表示，弗吉尼亚需要“经验丰富的领导人”来应对英联邦“未来的巨大挑战”。

麦考利夫记录在案虽然他承诺如果当选将会提出大胆的想法，但他过去担任州长的经历也是他的主要对手的攻击点。前德尔。詹妮弗·卡罗尔·福伊(Jennifer Carroll Foy)将自己定位为麦考利夫在初选中的最大威胁，在竞选的最后几周，她加大了对他的公开批评，敦促弗吉尼亚人“不要回到过去”。

彼得·西赫尔卡/自由之矛-明星通过美联社

周六，悉尼·约翰逊在弗吉尼亚州斯塔福德附近投票，选举官员克莱尔·刘易斯在一旁观看

她说的类似的话现在被共和党提名人格伦·扬金用来对付麦考利夫。

在周三开始播放的两个30秒的电视和数字节目中，卡罗尔·福伊出现了重复爆破麦考利夫和呼吁新的领导。当然，她指的是自己的候选人资格，但现在，富商和政治新人扬金(Youngkin)紧随其后，他说，“一个给弗吉尼亚带来新一天的新型领导人。”

然而，其他民主党人认为麦考利夫的州长经历是一笔财富，将其比作2020年的总统竞选。

“乔·拜登带来了丰富的知识和经验...我认识很多人，他们希望看到有能力胜任这项工作的人，”麦卡勒夫竞选联合主席、州最高参议员露茜·卢卡斯说，告诉美国广播公司新闻上周。“我对特里也有同感。”

播放列表

美国广播公司新闻“从这里开始”播客。周三上午的一集由美国广播公司新闻白宫记者卡伦·特拉弗斯播报，他预览了乔·拜登总统的首次欧洲之行。美国广播公司新闻部的玛丽·爱丽丝·帕克斯解释了为什么副总统卡玛拉•哈里斯在中美洲之行中在移民信息传递方面遇到了困难。ProPublica高级记者杰西·艾辛格告诉我们，他们的调查发现，许多美国最富有的人没有缴纳他们应得的所得税。

Blockbuster report on IRS data recasts tax debate: The Note

The TAKE withRick Klein

The big story can be what's legal as opposed to what's not.

The stunning apparent leak of tax information on the nation's wealthiest Americans, as published byProPublica, is already reshaping the national debate in ways that could impact President Joe Biden's agenda from multiple directions.

With Biden himself leaving on an extended overseas trip, and withbipartisan negotiations stallingin ways that impact several parts of his agenda, the report on how little the ultra-wealthy pay intaxesis rejuvenating discussions over whether and how to make sure billionaires pay more.

The White House, while condemning any potentially illegal leak of private tax data, is using the disclosure to argue forrepealing Trump tax cutsfor those making more than $400,000 a year.

Except that the Biden tax proposals would have a negligible impact on the taxes paid by the richest of the rich. That,progressives argue, would require a wealth tax -- something Biden and his aides have dismissed as unwise and unworkable.

Republicans arehardly itchingto raise taxes. Their response to the ProPublica report is focusing on the fact that the data came out at all -- at a time Biden wants to boost IRS enforcement in ways that could leave private data more vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure.

At the same time, conservatives are gleefully pointing out how little some prominent Democrats like Warren Buffett and Michael Bloomberg -- plus tech titans who some view as hostile to conservatives, like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos -- have actually paid in taxes.

The blockbuster landed at a critical time -- with Biden and some in his party looking for a deal on taxes, but on slightlydifferent terms. If nothing else, policy makers and the public have a whole lot more information on the reality of how the tax system works for those who can best afford to use it to their advantage.

The RUNDOWN withAveri Harper

Black civil rights leaderspleaded their casein support of sweeping voting rights to one of the Senate's most high-profile opponents, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va.

Manchin over the weekend, wrote anop-eddeclaring his opposition to the For the People Act, or HR 1, calling the legislation partisan. Instead, Manchin said he's throwing his support behind HR 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims to restore key pieces of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his opposition to the legislation that bears the name of the civil rights icon Tuesday, calling it "unnecessary."

HR1 promises to increase access to the ballot box, overhaul the role of money in politics and shore up federal ethics rules. For some Republicans,opposition is rootedin fear it could hurt the party's chances at victory.

Despite the pleas from Black leaders, Manchin remains immovable. Through his opposition, Manchin has cast himself as the savior of tradition in an already dysfunctional legislative body and defender of parliamentary procedures for parliamentary procedures' sake. A sentiment echoed by Black leaders who held thehour-long callwith him.

"This has more to do with his views about the way the Senate operates than the substance of these bills," Urban League President Marc Morial said to ABC News. "Our view is that the substance is more important than the procedure."

Manchin's dogged defense of the filibuster and blockage of legislation isn't without consequence. AsRepublican-led effortsto restrict access to the ballot box continue in statehouses across the country, the fate offederal legislationaimed at beating back the impact of those measures grows more uncertain.

The TIP withQuinn Scanlan

In hisvictory speechTuesday night, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe said Virginia needs "seasoned leadership" to address the "very big challenges ahead" in the commonwealth.

McAulifferan on his recordwhile promising to deliver on bold ideas if elected, but his past as governor was also a point of attack for his primary opponents. Former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy positioned herself as McAuliffe's biggest threat in the primary, and in the final weeks of the campaign, ramped up her public criticism of him, urging Virginians to "not revert back to the past."

Similar words by her are now being weaponized by GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin against McAuliffe.

In one of two 30-second TV and digital spots that start running Wednesday, Carroll Foy is seenrepeatedly blastingMcAuliffe and calling for new leadership. She was, of course, referring to her own candidacy, but now those remarks are followed by Youngkin, a wealthy businessman and political newcomer, saying, "A new kind of leader to bring a new day to Virginia."

Other Democrats, however, saw McAuliffe's gubernatorial experience as an asset, likening it to the 2020 presidential campaign.

"Joe Biden brought a wealth of knowledge and experience ... I know a lot of people who wanted to see somebody who had the skill set to do the job," top state Sen. Lousie Lucas, a McAuliffe campaign co-chair,told ABC Newslast week. "I feel that same way about Terry."

THE PLAYLIST

ABC News' "Start Here" podcast.Wednesday morning's episode features ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers, who previews President Joe Biden's first foreign trip to Europe. ABC News' MaryAlice Parks explains why Vice President Kamala Harris is struggling with immigration messaging on her trip to Central America. And ProPublica Senior Reporter Jesse Eisinger tells us about their investigation which found many of America's wealthiest people are not paying their fair share in income taxes.http://apple.co/2HPocUL