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...
Taxes
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...
Washington Post Criticizes Senate Vote to Repeal the Cadillac Tax
There were many legislative developments in the past week, including the passage of a five-year highway bill and continued negotiations on a tax deal...
Who Gets What in the Tax Extenders Deal?
Congress is still considering a potential fiscally irresponsible deal to extend the 50-some tax breaks that expired at the end of the year, known as...
Tax Deal Goes Beyond Simple Extensions
Congress is in the process of negotiating a potential $700 billion deal that would extend several tax provisions that expired at the end of 2014...
Emerging Tax Deal Could Add $2.3 Trillion in Debt by 2035
A fiscally irresponsible bipartisan deal is emerging to re-instate, make permanent, and in some cases expand many expired tax breaks known as tax...
Seven Reasons to Pay for Tax Extenders
By the end of the year, lawmakers will likely to try to revive the “tax extenders,” a set of more than 50 tax breaks that expired at the...
The PREP Plan: Paying for the Tax Extenders to Set Up Tax Reform
Before the end of the year, Congress will again consider renewal of the “tax extenders,” a collection of more than 50 expired tax breaks for indivi
Fiscal FactCheck: The First Democratic Debate
This blog is part of the “Fiscal FactCheck” series designed to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016...
101 Economists to Congress: Keep the Cadillac Tax
In light of the recent reconciliation package that repeals the Cadillac tax on high-cost health insurance plans and Democratic Presidential candidate...