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The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on alternatives and reforms to the current federal income tax system. Witnesses spoke about a flat-rate income tax and a national sales tax…

Committee members heard testimony on several alternative tax proposals, including a flat-rate income tax and a national sales tax.

Committee members heard testimony on several alternative tax proposals, including a flat-rate income tax and a national sales tax.

Committee members heard testimony on several alternative tax proposals, including a flat-rate income tax and a national sales tax.

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".

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".

Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee criticized Republican tax cut legislation. They said that it was the wrong cut at the wrong time and emphasized that it was more impo…

The HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE members heard testimony on the Republican “Contract with America” and its proposed changes in taxes. The hearing focused on tax credits for married coupl…

In their final hearing, the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform members heard testimony from four different panels. The 32 member commission sought bipartisan agreement on lo…

The Tax Foundation sponsored a forum on U.S. economic policies entitled, “The Discord in the U.S. Tax and Trade Policies: Prescriptions for Change.” In the panel featuring the views of Cong…

The Tax Foundation sponsored a forum on U.S. economic policy entitled, “The Discord in U.S. Tax and Trade Policies: Prescriptions for Change.” The forum included an address by the former h…

HR 2056: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that subsidy information regarding vessels be provided upon entry within customs collection districts and to provide effective tra…

The House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony for the second day on President Bush’s economic growth package which he unveiled at his annual State of the Union Address. Public witnesses…

The committee continued to hear testimony on proposals to reduce taxes for middle-class Americans from members of the Department of the Treasury and the White House. The middle class tax cut…

The Ways and Means Committee met to explore new methods of stimulating the nation’s economy. It was the first of several year-end hearings designed to examine proposals which, in part, would…

The committee heard testimony on the second of four days of scheduled hearings looking at various economic growth and tax reform proposals. Twenty-three members of Congress offered their spe…

Rep. Gibbons, member of the House Joint Taxation Committee, responded to telephone callers' questions on the economy and various tax proposals designed to stimulate the economy.

The hearing continued on discussion of the effectiveness of tax breaks given to purchasers of failing thrift institutions.