Senate Hearing on Prescription Drug Prices
Health care advocates testified about the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension subcommittee. Senators heard from doctors, a tax policy …
1,162 viewsHealth care advocates testified about the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension subcommittee. Senators heard from doctors, a tax policy …
1,162 viewsThe House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a virtual hearing to look at the impact the lack of COVID-19 tax provisions has had on families and small businesses dur…
429 viewsPanelists talked about the prospects for Republicans' tax reform agenda. Panelists, including Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, spoke about why they were optimistic about C…
209 viewsPanelists debated the merits of various potential tax code policy changes, and how these changes could affect low- and middle-income households. Some of the proposed changes include lowering…
341 viewsA panel of self-described conservatives looked at some of the policy questions involving poverty and the expansion of economic opportunities for low and middle-income Americans, and what rol…
148 viewsLegal and public policy analysts talked about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) May 6, 2016, ruling that would make electronic, or “e-cigarettes,” subject to the same federal rules as…
2,107 viewsChiefs of staff to the governors of Virginia, Colorado, and Oklahoma talked about the fiscal issues of their states and some of the ways they were dealing with those issues. Topics included …
200 viewsAlex Brill and Ethan Pollack talked about how the upcoming “fiscal cliff” could affect the income tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 under President George W. Bush, and extended in 2010 under …
321 viewsPanelists previewed the congressional agenda and Congress' relationship with President Obama in light of the 2012 election results. Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao questioned President Ob…
279 viewsWitnesses testified on on expiring tax provisions and the criteria lawmakers should use to evaluate expiring tax provisions such as the Bush era tax cuts.
1,046 viewsAlex Brill talked about his plan to reform the corporate and individual tax codes and compared it to the presidential candidates' tax plans, and he responded to telephone calls and electroni…
245 viewsSenator Rob Portman (R-OH), a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, talked about reasons the committee failed to reach agreement. Following his remarks, economic scholar…
783 viewsRoss Douthat and Grover Norquist debated tax policy and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. The pledge is a promise made by elected officials and political candidates to not raise taxes. Both Mr…
334 viewsAlex Brill talked about the major economic proposals set forth by the 2012 Republican presidential candidates, including tax policy, the deficit, job creation and unemployment, trade, and mo…
221 viewsBudget, legislative and business analysts examine the upcoming work of the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, created in a recently-passed debt ceiling bill. Particip…
55 viewsWitnesses spoke about sustaining recent U.S. manufacturing growth. Some of the ideas include changing the corporate tax structure and removing uncertainty from the American manufacturing mar…
427 viewsPanelists spoke about the first 100 days of the 112th Congress. Among the topics they addressed were debate over continuing budget resolutions, comparisons with the Republican take over of C…
162 viewsParticipants spoke about new technologies that facilitate convenient and secure electronic payments across a wide range of platforms. They focused on reforms to current legislative and regul…
407 viewsRepublican Whip Eric Cantor held a forum for national experts and leaders to testify about the needs of working families and small businesses and offer ideas and solutions to help revitalize…
148 viewsPanelists talked about alternatives to the Alternative Minimum Tax. Alex Brill moderated the panel which focused on retargeting the tax, lowering the impact of the tax on qualifying taxpayer…
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