Debt Ceiling Negotiations
David Keating talked about Republican efforts to include additional spending cuts in any agreement reached to raise the debt ceiling, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic commu…
465 viewsDavid Keating talked about Republican efforts to include additional spending cuts in any agreement reached to raise the debt ceiling, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic commu…
465 viewsOfficials of The Club for Growth unveiled new television advertising asking Senate Republicans to support President Bush’s pro-economic growth tax cut. Mr. Moore explained the rationale for …
46 viewsRobert 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…
52 viewsMembers of Congress and leaders of interest groups spoke to reporters about changing tax policy to make it more streamlined and less burdensome to the American people.
144 viewsWitnesses testified about restructuring efforts at the Internal Revenue Service. Among the issues they addressed were electronic filing, employee morale at field offices, methods to ensure v…
85 viewsThe House Ways & Means Subcommittee members met for the first in a series of hearings to hear testimony on the bipartisan, bicameral National Commission on Restructuring the IRS report. Memb…
156 viewsMr. Keating briefed reporters on a report concerning congressional votes on taxes and federal spending. He compared this result with the 1993 report. In 1993, Congress received an overall gr…
23 viewsPanelists discussed a proposed tax limitation Constitutional Amendment which will be voted on when the U.S. House of Representatives returns on April 15.
70 viewsThe National Taxpayers Union gave an overview of their report, "The Bill Tally Survey". The report analyzed which members of Congress sponsored which spending bills.
35 viewsThe 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.
199 viewsThis event was sponsored by the National Taxpayers Union. Following prepared remarks about medical care savings accounts and mainstream plans, the participants, including Rep. Bill Archer (R…
32 viewsNational Taxpayers' Union and CompuServe officials held a press conference to announce a new computer system for monitoring congressional voting records. The system would be available to com…
49 viewsDavid Keating, Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union, the discussed tax returns, Internal Revenue Service audits, and other taxpayers' rights.
35 viewsRepresentatives of taxpayers associations from several states focused on the tax initiatives and referenda for tax limits or cuts that were expected to be on their state ballots in November …
40 viewsRepresentatives of businesses, farmers, manufacturers, and individual citizens announced a coalition to oppose tax increases and to improve U.S. budget and fiscal policy. After their present…
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