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Senate Working to Extend Payroll Tax Cut
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled another proposal for how to both extend and expand the payroll tax cuts and pay for them...
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Paying for Any Payroll Tax Cuts
Later this week, Senate majority leader Harry Reid is expected to hold a vote on the two largest components of President Obama’s jobs bill, totaling...
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Sen. Portman to Propose Corporate Tax Reform Early Next Year
At an American Enterprise Institute event yesterday, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that he will unveil a plan to reform the corporate tax code in...
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Deja Vu All Over Again: Another Busy December
News flash: Congress has a huge checklist to take care of. Many expiring tax provisions need to be dealt with, along with other temporary policies and...
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Again on the Facts of the Chained CPI
It's amazing how sequences in Washington can repeat themselves. Back in June, when switching to the chained CPI was talked about as an option in the...
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Revisiting the Feldstein-Feenberg-MacGuineas Cap
Both parties are studying cuts in tax expenditures (TEs) as a means to reduce the federal deficit. Super Committee Republicans have offered a proposal...
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Yes, Actually, We Can (at the Very Least) Make Corporate Tax Reform Revenue Neutral
As policymakers look to "Go Smart" in putting together a deficit reduction package, there is no better place to look than tax reform; and in...
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The Results Are In
Rick Perry's tax reform plan has inspired a lot of discussion in the past week, but it left people wondering how much revenue it would raise. He...
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Rick Perry's Plan for Taxes and Economic Growth
Earlier today, Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry announced details of his " Cut, Balance and Grow" plan for spending and...
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MY VIEW: Perspectives on the Tax Reform Act of 1986
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 turned 25 on Saturday, prompting a number of commentators to write their perspective on the reform. We will highlight three...
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Op-Ed: Tax Reform: 25-Years Old Today, and Ready for a Facelift
The Atlantic | October 22, 2011 We've spent a quarter-century undoing the smart, simple tax reforms of 1986. Here's to hoping Washington can act like...
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Democrats Target Oil and Other Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Yesterday, a group of 14 Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Super Committee, urging them to eliminate oil subsidies for the top five oil companies...