Stephen Ohlemacher

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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, fog obscures the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. Big tax increases will hit millions of families and businesses a lot sooner than many realize if Congress and the White House don't agree on a plan to avoid the year-end fiscal cliff of automatic tax increases and government spending cuts. In fact, they already have. More than 70 tax breaks enjoyed by individuals and businesses already expired at the beginning of this year. If Congress doesn't extend them, a typical middle class family could get a $4,000 tax hike when they file their 2012 returns next spring, according to a private analysis. At the same time, businesses could lose dozens of tax breaks they have enjoyed for years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Millions face higher taxes real soon without fix

Stephen Ohlemacher · December 17, 2012 8:41 am

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to workers about the economy during a visit to the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama tax plan no small deal to small businessmen

Stephen Ohlemacher · December 10, 2012 9:26 pm

New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes

Stephen Ohlemacher · December 4, 2012 9:58 pm

House and Senate sit on tax bills the other passed

Stephen Ohlemacher · December 3, 2012 2:35 pm

House and Senate sit on tax bills the other passed

Stephen Ohlemacher · December 3, 2012 9:04 am

In this photo taken Aug. 1, 2012, Janice Durflinger poses for a photo at her workplace in Lincoln, Neb. Durflinger, who runs computer software programs for a bank, says she still works at 76, "because I have to." Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the annual benefit boost will be between 1 percent and 2 percent, which would be among the lowest since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975. Monthly benefits for retired workers now average $1,237, meaning the typical retiree can expect a raise of between $12 and $24 a month. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Expect small ’13 Social Security benefit increase

Stephen Ohlemacher · October 14, 2012 4:00 am

Romney ends primary season with win in Utah

Stephen Ohlemacher · June 27, 2012 2:14 am

Ron Paul supporters sue GOP, claiming intimidation

Stephen Ohlemacher · June 20, 2012 8:15 pm

FACT CHECK: Looming tax hike not the biggest ever

Stephen Ohlemacher · June 11, 2012 7:42 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., accompanied by fellow GOP leaders House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Cantor, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, to discuss the payroll tax cut negotiations. Republicans are calling it "Taxmageddon," the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts are scheduled to expire unless Congress acts. GOP leaders in Congress claim it would be "the largest tax increase in American history." Except it wouldnât be, not when you take into account the big tax increases used to help pay for World War II. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FACT CHECK: Looming tax hike not the biggest ever

Stephen Ohlemacher · June 11, 2012 4:17 pm

Feds phasing out paper benefits checks

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 16, 2012 4:00 am

Romney halfway to clinching GOP nomination

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 2, 2012 4:00 am