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IRS scandal becomes Republican battering ram against Obamacare (+video)
Republican lawmakers say the scandal over Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups raises new doubts about President Obama’s health-insurance reform law.
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Former IRS commissioner apologizes on Capitol Hill: 'Foolish mistakes were made'
Stephen Miller, the ousted acting commissioner of the IRS, appeared before the House Ways and Means committee Friday and apologized for the agency's inappropriate investigation of tea party and other conservative organizations.
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Tax VOX Why the IRS should tax equity fund profits as ordinary income
Business profits should be taxed as ordinary income, Rosenthal writes, and private equity funds are the same as other businesses, in that they deploy capital, labor, and other inputs to make their profits.
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Monitor Breakfast Rep. Sander Levin: ‘Dribble by dribble’ approach undermines tax reform
Dragging out negotiations on the debt ceiling could potentially harm the US and global economies, not to mention tax and entitlement reforms, says Rep. Sander Levin (D) of Michigan.
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Monitor Breakfast Rep. Sander Levin: Debt ceiling standoff may make tax reform harder
Michigan's Rep. Sander Levin, top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, says slow-walking the debt ceiling would also undermine prospects for immigration overhaul and tax reform.
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House to vote on GOP plan to simplify US tax code, minus the details
A House vote is likely Thursday on a Republican bid to simplify the tax code, including cutting the top rate for individuals and corporations to 25 percent. But the plan is long on principles and short on details, including what tax breaks to eliminate.
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Romney pressed to release tax returns. Watchdogs ask what about Congress?
Democrats and some Republicans are hounding Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. But ask Congress members to release theirs and silence is the most frequent response. Double standard?
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House repeals health-care reform – with no plan to replace it (+video)
House Republicans campaigned to repeal and replace health-care reform, but are now holding off until after November elections before laying out their own alternative plan.
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How payroll tax gridlock in Congress finally came unstuck
A deal to prolong the payroll tax cut has also paved the way for Congress to extend long-term unemployment benefits and the Medicare 'doc fix' to the end of the year.
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Unlocking the mystery of Romney's 15 percent tax rate. Yes, it's legal.
Mitt Romney can pay a tax rate of 15 percent because his income, from investment firm Bain Capital, is structured as capital gains in the form of 'carried interest.' Here's how it works.
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Michigan unemployment benefits cut short: 'Huge win' or 'reckless'?
A new Michigan law shortens the duration of unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks. A similar measure is before the Florida legislature.
03/29/2011 08:53 pm -
House votes to repeal health-care reform: What happens now?
Though the House has repealed health-care reform, it won't be repealed by the Senate, meaning the effort is virtually dead. But House Republicans can still try to dismantle the law by other means.
01/19/2011 09:08 pm -
Naoto Kan government intervenes in currency market to weaken yen
Naoto Kan stamped his authority on government policy, making the yen less of a one-way bet — even if the effects of intervention prove to be short-lived.
09/15/2010 02:58 pm -
Amid John Boehner blast at Obama, hints of how GOP would rule
House Republican leader John Boehner called on President Obama Wednesday to fire his economic team. But his comments also offered a glimpse of what the would-be House Speaker might do differently if the GOP retakes the House in November.
08/24/2010 05:31 pm -
Obama signs healthcare bill with 22 pens. Who started that idea?
Many presidents now sign historic legislation – like the healthcare bill – with multiple pens. Twenty-two isn't even close to the record, in fact.
03/24/2010 08:15 pm -
Two House health care reform votes: first fixes, then Senate bill
House leaders rejected 'deem and pass' Saturday, and negotiations on abortion concern made progress, clearing the way for Sunday's health care reform bill vote.
03/20/2010 07:15 pm -
Sander Levin, chair of Ways and Means, forms powerful brother duo
Sander Levin is now part of one of the most powerful brother acts in Washington since the Kennedys. He was named the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday. His brother, Carl, is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
03/04/2010 03:47 pm -
Tax VOX Charles Rangel: master of politics, not the tax code
Rep. Charles Rangel, chair of House Ways and Means, knew how to work both sides of the aisle but didn't understand old rules of Capitol Hill had changed.
03/03/2010 11:34 pm -
The job market's big slump
The month of May had the sharpest increase in the US unemployment rate in 22 years.
06/09/2008 01:00 am
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