American expats who vote in Manhattan and who didn't manage to catch last week's 90-minute online panel discussion with three Democratic candidates who are vying for the 12th District's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives may wish to do so now, as the Democrats Abroad's Taxation Task Force has posted it online. 

Perhaps not surprisingly – given how many New York-based companies, universities and individuals have overseas outposts (or in the case of people, family members who live overseas) – New York City's 12th District has one of the largest concentrations of Democrats living abroad.

Following on from a written commitment made back in February by France's economy minister, Bruno Le Maire to the head of a France-based "accidental American" advocacy group – in which Le Maire stated that issues relating to the American law known as FATCA would be a priority during France's six-month Council of the European Union presidency, which began in January – a debate on the subject is now scheduled to take place in the Dutch House of Representatives (known as the Tweede Kamer) next week.

In what's being seen as a potentially significant development, the Steering Committee of the Democrats Abroad's Taxation Task Force has announced that it has "voted in support of submitting a resolution to 'update' the Democrats Abroad FATCA policy from 'reform' to 'repeal'."

Once again, we're posting in our news section a selection of events from our regular "Listings" page, to help some of these online event sponsors and their audiences to find each other...

It's been reported that some American expats have already begun receiving the latest Economic Impact Payments that are being sent out now by the U.S. government, with the aim of helping U.S. citizens at home and abroad to cope with the economic consequences of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic...

Representatives from the Taxation Task Force of the Democrats Abroad said they managed to have a total of 18 meetings with lawmakers in Washington, DC during their just-completed three-day “door knock” there, including eight meetings with Republican Congressmen and ten with Democrats.