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Maya MacGuineas's Senate Testimony on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
Read moreOn March 25, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Budget Committee on "Ending a Rigged Tax...
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Watch: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
Read moreOn March 25, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Budget Committee on whether wealthy...
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Debt Cancellation and SALT Cap Repeal Would Benefit Higher Earners
Read moreIn her recent Washington Post column, Catherine Rampell argues progressives should “be more progressive in an old-fashioned sense: by helping the poor...
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Omnibus Package Includes $135 Billion of Unrelated Tax Breaks
Read moreThe omnibus package includes government funding for the rest of fiscal year 2021 and significant COVID relief, but it also contains $135 billion over...
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COVID Relief Should Not Include Tax Giveaways
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Senate Majority Leader released a revised $550 billion COVID relief proposal yesterday afternoon. Like the Heroes Act that...
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Factchecking Tax Claims in the 2020 Election
Read moreIn recent days, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have made several competing claims about the other's tax agenda. We summarize and...
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Maya MacGuineas Joins ABC News Live to Discuss Payroll Tax Deferral
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on ABC News Live. She joined the show to discuss the payroll...
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Would Joe Biden Significantly Raise Taxes on Middle Class Americans?
Read moreDuring the 2020 Republican National Convention, several speakers claimed that Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden would...
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Understanding Joe Biden's 2020 Tax Plan
Read moreFormer Vice President Joe Biden – the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in the 2020 election – has put forward a variety of tax proposals...
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75% of Economic Impact Payments Have Been Paid So Far
Read moreThe $1.7 trillion CARES Act included an estimated $293 billion for direct payments to individuals, officially deemed “Economic Impact Payments.” These...
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Phase IV COVID Relief Shouldn’t Be Tax Cuts 2.0
Read moreFor Immediate Release In response to the unprecedented economic crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, lawmakers have enacted three...
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Loosening the SALT Cap is Poorly Targeted
Read moreThe third COVID-19 relief bill was signed on Friday, and lawmakers are now starting to propose ideas for the next round of stimulus. House Speaker...