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Panelists talked about the impact on taxpayers if Congress allows the economy to fall off the “fiscal cliff,” referring to impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012 if lawma…

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) outlined his committee’s efforts to write a proposal for changing the U.S. tax code. He said revenue must be part of tax reform efforts. Afte…

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…

Robert Greenstein and Mr. Keating talked about the tax policies of the Bush Administration and Congress. The House was scheduled to debate a bill that week to make last year’s tax cuts perma…

Following a speech by the federation president, panelists talked about President Bush’s tax cut proposal and its probable affect on working people and their families. After their prepared re…

Participants examined President Clinton’s tax cut proposal and the congressional tax cut proposals. They evaluated the president’s proposal, compared the congressional proposals to those pas…

A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee heard testimony on a Tax Limitation Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require a two-thirds vote in Congress to pass legislation that would increas…

Democratic legislators heard testimony from tax policy experts and others concerning the Republican tax cut proposals and how they would affect different income groups and employee pensions.…

Participants briefed reporters on two new reports, one which examines recent income trends, especially among the wealthiest one percent of the population, and the other how the Republican t…

Executive Director for the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities Robert Greenstein talked about proposed changes in the Earned Income Tax Credit and about tax-free retirement accounts.

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

This was the last hearing of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement. The goal of the commission was to recommend ways to help control entitlement spending. Some approaches include cutting …

Bi-Partisan Commission on Entitlement & Tax Reform members heard testimony from representatvies of several groups concerning procedures for reforming entitlement programs and the tax structu…

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 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…

Speaker of the House, Representative James Wright (D-Texas) addressed the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees at their Annual Legislative Conference.