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6 ways to make tax reform happen
Here are six ideas that can guide Congress to a tax reform-deal that both parties should be able to live with – a deal that will raise necessary revenue and help pay down the debt.
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6 ways to make tax reform happen
Here are six ideas that can guide Congress to a tax reform-deal that both parties should be able to live with – a deal that will raise necessary revenue and help pay down the debt.
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Tax VOX The real lesson about capping itemized deductions
The campaign of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has criticized the Tax Policy Center for new research that provides evidence that a deduction cap is a pretty good, though insufficient, idea, Gleckman writes.
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Fight brewing in Congress over budget, taxes
Last year, Congress put off hard decisions on the country's finances, but they are coming due in an election-year showdown.
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A Medicare reform plan that just might work
Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Paul Ryan have announced a bipartisan plan to fix Medicare, on a day when Washington couldn't even figure out how to keep the government running
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Five days left: Would failure by budget super committee matter?
As the “super committee” deadline approaches, some say it won’t be disaster if the panel fails to deliver. The battles will just be fought again after the next election – and maybe then the side with the best ideas will have more political clout.
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Susana Martinez, N.M. gov., says grandparents came to US illegally
Susana Martinez has made headlines recently for her push to repeal a state law that lets illegal immigrants get a New Mexico driver's license.
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Ease corporate tax by hitting up shareholders
A higher tax on investors and a lower tax on corporations could keep more investments in the US.
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Medicare: Time to privatize? GOP ponders.
Medicare could be replaced with a fixed payment to buy private insurance, according to one Republican proposal.
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Opinion: US debt: We can run, but we can't hide (Obama tax deal or not)
Tackling the $13.8 trillion federal debt isn't a partisan issue. It's a matter of America's future prosperity. Extending Bush-era tax cuts may make economic sense now, but President Obama and Congress must come together and make tough decisions to cut spending and raise revenue.
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Don't believe the hype: The deficit proposals are plenty progressive.
Let's agree on the facts, regardless of the politics: the Bowles-Simpson plan and Rivlin-Domenici plan will raise taxes on the rich. Not marginal tax rates, but average tax rates.
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Debt reduction plan helps childless workers
Debt reduction plan would allow federal aid to flow to low-income families without children.
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Want a vacation from paying taxes? BPC takes on the deficit.
The Bipartisan Policy Commission has released a tax reform plan that slashes spending and reinvents tax policy: starting with a year-long payroll tax holiday.
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Will Obama take lead on national debt and budget deficit?
Commission’s draft proposal on cuts and taxes to slash national debt has riled partisans on both sides. Next major move is President Obama’s.
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Global warming heats up a nuclear energy renaissance
Global warming and the BP oil spill have helped rehabilitate nuclear energy in the eyes of the public – and some environmentalists.
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The Monitor's View: The Senate’s opportunity to reduce the deficit
It should support a bipartisan commission to secure the country’s fiscal future.
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Long Senate record made Kennedy a giant in his own right
For decades, most major pieces of social legislation – from healthcare to immigration to education – bore the imprint of Sen. Edward 'Ted' Kennedy, who died late Tuesday.
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Election '08 is causing a 'brain drain' on Capitol Hill
But many exiting lawmakers also bring years of experience to the Obama administration.
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Getting to 'yes' on more offshore drilling? Not yet.
Congress is set to consider several energy bills this week, but hopes dim for passage of any of them.
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In rare agreement, Congress OKs rebate checks
Package will give most US households $300 to $1,200 apiece, plus an extra $300 per child.
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