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The committee worked on a markup of corporate tax legislation. This program is incomplete.

Secretary Snow testified about the state of the economy and the president’s proposals to create jobs, stimulate economic growth, and cut taxes. There were several contentious exchanges durin…

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the president’s proposed economic policy and criticized the size of tax cuts as fiscally irresponsible. Following their remarks they answered ques…

Committee members talked about President Bush’s proposed tax cuts, offering amendments and changes to the legislation. They also talked about the state of the economy, the goals of tax cuts,…

Rep. Gephardt and others stated that the Congress needs to work on the social security issue. He also said that the Republican plan for tax relief would benefit mainly the rich while the Dem…

This House session reviewed and modified two bills. HR4579 is the Tax Payer Relief Act of 1998 and HR4578 is a bill to establish protection of the Social Security Account.

Committee members debated final language on H.R. 2676, Rep. Archer’s bill designed to reform the Internal Revenue Service. The bill is based on the National Commission on Restructuring the I…

House and Senate conferees met to eliminate the differences in the tax provisions of the House and Senate versions of the budget reconciliation bill. Members debated where the proposed cuts …

Members of the House Ways and Means committee gathered for a markup session on tax proposals for the 1998 fiscal year.

In a live portion, committte members continued progressing through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion over the next five years as part of the 1998 bud…

In a live portion, committee members continued progressin through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion over the next five years as part of the 1998 budg…

In their first markup session on this tax legislation, House Ways and Means Committte members progressed through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion ov…

In a portion, committte members progressed through tax legislation line by line which is designed to cut taxes by $85 billion over the next five years as part of the 1998 budget resolution. …

House Ways and Means Committee members heard testimony on the earned income tax credit.

Representatives debate the Republican tax cut legislation, which is the last item on the Republican “Contract with America.”

The U.S. House of Representatives debated a Republican tax cut plan. This bill would cut taxes for people and businesses by 189 billion over 5 years. To help pay for these proposed tax cuts,…

Committee members heard testimony on tax legislation. The $189 billion plan to cut family and business taxes was a central theme of the Republican "Contract With America".

The subcommittee heard suggestions for the development of a new version of the 1988 Taxpayer Bill of Rights to assure responsible collection of taxes by the Internal Revenue Service.

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee began marking up a tax cut bill that combines four of the tax bills that were part of the original "Contract With America".

The committee heard testimony from officials from government agencies during the markup session for the president’s budget reconciliation tax proposals. During the hearing, committee members…