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Senators Cotton and Lee Propose Ideas to Strengthen SSDI
Read moreSenators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation recently to help improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program...
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House and Senate Move Forward on Appropriations
Read moreThis year's deadline has already passed without a budget resolution coming from either chamber, but the appropriations season is still moving forward...
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Sen. Lankford's SSDI Amendment Continues Progress on Improving the Program
Read moreDuring last week's debate on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) offered up an amendment making many further changes to the...
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Senate Funding Bill Would Rely on OCO Gimmick
Read moreThe Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week posted a draft bill that would extend government funding until December 11 and avert a...
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Taking a Closer Look at the Senate's Highway Bill
Read moreWe commended the Senate last week for seeking a long-term solution to the highway funding shortfall and for funding its proposal with real offsets...
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Senate Transportation Bill Finds Offsets for Three Years of Funding
Read moreThe Senate is discussing a bill that would reauthorize highway programs for six years and provide $47.6 billion of funding to cover the Highway Trust...
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Finance Committee Approves Extenders, Adds to Debt
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee today approved a package of 50-plus tax breaks that expired last year known as "tax extenders." Unfortunately, they chose...
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Finance Committee Provides Its Framework for International Tax Reform
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee has been working all year in five bipartisan working groups on tax reform, and today they have reports to show for it. Of...
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Lankford on SSDI: The Time for Reform is Now
Read moreOn Tuesday, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) wrote an op-ed in The Hill advocating for meaningful reform to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...
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New Discussions on a Carbon Tax
Read moreThe Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently released a primer on carbon taxes. The report outlines how the construction of a carbon tax matters for its...
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Levin, Baldwin Introduce Bill to Close Carried Interest Loophole
Read moreWays and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) have introduced a bill to close a well-known tax loophole that...
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Senate Budget Committee Reports Crime Victims Fund Legislation
Read moreLast week, the Senate Budget Committee passed a bill to limit the use of the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) as a back-door method to increase appropriations...