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Jason Fichtner and Eugene Steuerle talked about President Obama’s call to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to include childless workers. They spoke about the history of the EITC as…

Panelists talked about the history of the federal income tax, which was enabled by the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment one hundred years previously. They also discussed proposals for…

Witnesses testified about U.S. tax credits and welfare programs, and whether the programs discouraged work and higher earnings for recipients. Iain Duncan Smith, the first sitting foreign se…

The Senate Committee on the Budget held a hearing to examine tax reform. The committee heard testimony from C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute, and Donald B. Marron, Urban-Brookings Tax Pol…

Eugene Steuerle talked about a new report from the Obama administration on overhauling the tax system. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. C-SPAN Radio’s Bobb…

Eugene Steuerle talked about the future of U.S. tax policy, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.Taxes are expected to be a major political issue over the next s…

Moderated by Mr. Steuerle, a panel of experts discussed the topic, “Making Taxes and Welfare Work Together.” Panel members talked about a welfare system of roughly 85 overlapping federal ta…

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, California Congressman George Miller, economists, and experts participated in a panel discussion on financial security and tax reform. Among the topi…

The Heritage Foundation held a panel discussion on “The American Experiment: What the 2005 Index of Dependency Tells Us About Its Prospects.” Members of the panel discussed the balance bet…

The Brookings Institute and New America Foundation and other Public Policy institutions hosted a forum on Fiscal Policy. Senator John McCain R-Arizona and Senator Joe Lieberman D-Connecticut…

Participants talked about tax reform proposals, the state of the economy, and the potential impact of various tax collection methods on workers and the overall economy. Following their remar…

At a panel forum at the Brookings Institution’s Tax Policy Center panelists talked about tax policy, fiscal policy, President Bush’s economic stimulus plan, and how these issues might be deb…

Outgoing National Economic Adviser, Larry Lindsey, spoke at the American Enterprise Institute about tax policy. Following his remarks is a discussion on the effect tax reform will have on th…

Forum participants shared options available in the design of refundable tax credits for health insurance purchases: fixed-dollar credit toward the purchase of a basic plan, proportional cred…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

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

House Ways & Means Committee members heard testimony on the Republican “Contract with America” and its proposed changes in taxes. This hearing focused on tax credits for married couples, ado…

Several economists spoke in a forum on American tax policy, focusing on the benefits and drawbacks of consumption taxes compared with income taxes. Issues brought up in the discussion includ…

Heritage Foundation’s Daniel Mitchell and Urban Institute’s Eugene Steuerle talked about the state of the economy and evaluated congressional and administration efforts to stimulate the econ…

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities sponsored a forum on proposals to offer tax cuts for middle class families in America. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, member of the Senate Finance committee…