Lead Stories's video: Fact Check: President Joe Biden Did NOT Sign a 45 Capital Gains Tax

Read full story here: https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/2021/02/fact-check-president-joe-biden-did-not-sign-a-45-percent-capital-gains-tax.html FACT CHECK: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DID NOT SIGN A '45% CAPITAL GAINS TAX' Did President Joe Biden sign a bill creating a 45% capital gains tax? No, that's not true: In order for the president to sign such a bill, both houses of Congress would have first have to have passed it. Lead Stories searched for such a bill on Congress. gov, which allows a user to track a bill's status. We found no such bill that had been introduced, passed or signed regarding the federal capital gains tax. A president cannot raise taxes by signing an executive order. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes.