Tag: Tax Reform

VIDEO: McConnell, GOP still searching for common ground with Obama

Steve Doty · January 20, 2015 8:03 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants to know why the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to delay customer service and refunds during tax filing season despite "wasteful and unnecessary spending" on union activity and bonuses. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Tax reform effort is real, says top Republican lawmaker

Joseph Lawler · January 20, 2015 3:20 pm

As a lame duck president, Obama is desperately trying to secure a legacy and set up strong contrasts for the 2016 presidential campaign between Democratic and Republican values. (AP)

Obama’s leftward lurch poisons hope for consensus

Susan Crabtree · January 20, 2015 10:00 am

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who will oversee an effort to reform the tax code as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said the proposal would hinder economic expansion and job growth and would shrink savings. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

No GOP praise for Obama’s tax proposal

Susan Ferrechio · January 18, 2015 8:59 pm

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Beer tax overhaul pits big brewers against crafty upstarts

Sean Higgins · January 11, 2015 2:00 pm

The president has clearly telegraphed in which areas he thinks he and Republicans might be able to compromise. Â (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama can exploit GOP tug-of-war

Susan Crabtree · January 6, 2015 10:00 am

Republican-majority Congress scales back tax reform hopes

Susan Ferrechio · December 26, 2014 10:00 am

Specifics coming to reform corporate taxes, Obama says

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2014 8:46 pm

Seventy-six percent of those surveyed agreed that "making the tax code simpler and more fair" will improve the economy faster than any government action. (iStock)

Tax reform — It’s not just for wonks anymore

William O'keefe · December 18, 2014 10:00 am

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Tech timebomb: The IRS is still living in the 1960s

John Bodoh · December 17, 2014 10:00 am

Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden said this bill leaves "workers, families and businesses wanting." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes tax break package

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2014 1:27 am

President Barack Obama greets Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, before delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 28, 2014, in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Jindal: The voters spoke, Republicans should listen

Bobby Jindal · December 16, 2014 10:00 am