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Hoyer Slams Tax Extenders Deal
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) took to the House floor on Tuesday to assert his opposition to a potential tax extenders deal, citing a recent...
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Tax Extenders Deal Might End Up Adding $4 Trillion to the Debt
The $700 billion price tag on the rumored deal to permanently extend expired tax breaks might actually be underselling just how expensive the package...
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Loren Adler: Tax Extenders Deal Could Undermine the ACA
Loren Adler, Research Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post that appeared on the RealClearPolicy blog . It...
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Senate Democrats Ask for Extenders to be Offset
Last week Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Angus King (I-ME), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), sent a letter to...
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Short-Term Extenders Package Is Still Irresponsible
Faced with the possible opposition over a $700 billion deal to extend permanently some of the expiring " tax extenders", Congress may consider a bill...
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Are Tax Extenders Worth The Cost?
As Congress appears to be closing in on a fiscally irresponsible tax extenders deal that's expected to cost $700 billion in the next decade and as...
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GOP Campaigns Discuss Tax Plans
The Conservative Reform Network and Americans for Tax Reform recently hosted a forum where representatives from the Republican presidential campaigns...
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Kent Conrad: Congress should pay for any extension of tax breaks
Kent Conrad, former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote a commentary in The Hill . It is reposted here. Just under three years ago – in my...
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Peuquet Highlights Importance of Budget Debates
As we face an end-of-the-year legislative crunch that promises to be fiscally irresponsible, former Research Director of the Committee for a...
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Health Reform Issues That 2016 Candidates Should Consider
The Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families recently held an event to discuss issues for the 2016 presidential candidates to emphasize...
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Maya MacGuineas: To Keep Expiring Tax Cuts, Congress Considers Another Borrowing Bonanza
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...