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Ways & Means Committee Adds $270 Billion to Deficits by Repealing Estate Tax
Read moreThe House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday approved the “Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015,” which would permanently repeal the estate tax that applies...
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Rattner Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee on Tax Fairness
Read moreThe Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday on how best to achieve "tax fairness" as a part of their larger focus on tax reform. Testifying...
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Business Tax Reform Chapter Lays Out Administration's Thinking
Read moreThe Council of Economic Advisers released its 2015 Economic Report of the President last week, discussing several recent economic developments and how...
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House Considers $320 Billion of Tax Cuts
Read moreThe House of Representatives is considering this week whether to revive several tax breaks known as the "tax extenders" and add their cost to the...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg January 2015
Read moreJudd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member...
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Nunes Offers a Way Forward for Business Tax Reform
Read moreWith tax reform heating up, House Ways and Means member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has gotten the ball rolling with a business tax reform plan called the...
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A Medical Device Tax Repeal Should Be Fiscally Responsible
Read moreThe brand new 114th Congress is at it again. Only weeks into the term, a second fiscally irresponsible change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has...
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Van Hollen Proposes Middle Class Tax Cuts
Read moreAt an event at the Center for American Progress, House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) unveiled an " Action Plan" to broadly...
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Hatch Calls for Tax Reform in the 114th Congress
Read moreIf tax reform is going to happen in the 114th Congress, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will be a central figure as the incoming Chairman of the Finance...
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Senator Cardin Proposes Reform With a Consumption Tax
Read moreSenator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the Progressive Consumption Tax Act last week that would reform the tax code and change the way that tax revenue...
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Delaney Combines Tax Reform and Infrastructure...With a Twist
Read moreTax reform has been an increasingly common way to pay for infrastructure spending in recent years. Both President Obama and outgoing House Ways and...
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Senator Coburn Publishes the Tax Decoder
Read moreSenator Coburn's office yesterday published the "Tax Decoder", a 300+ page guide describing more than 165 tax expenditures. The report highlights...