Tag: Taxes

Late last year, Congress passed, and President Obama signed, a spending bill delaying the Cadillac tax by two years, until 2020, and many experts think it's likely lawmakers will never allow it to go into effect. (AP Photo)

Obama tries to save Obamacare’s Cadillac tax

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 9, 2016 11:40 pm

This is another tax relief measure we have done in drib and drabs, McConnell said. This would make it permanent. Its another important accomplishment of this majority. (Bloomberg/Drew Angerer)

Senate moves to ban taxes on Internet access

Susan Ferrechio · February 9, 2016 10:29 pm

The effects of a $10 tax on crude oil would be vast, according to the Congressional Research Service. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Report: Obama’s oil tax could slow economic growth

Kyle Feldscher · February 9, 2016 7:20 pm

Jeff Hess, left, and his wife, Kari, second from left, co-owners of Nor Cal Vape, in Redding, Calif., celebrate with other Electronic Cigarette supporters after a bill to regulate E-Cigarettes as tobacco products stalled in an Assembly committee last year. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Washington Secrets

Norquist: ‘Vapes’ to determine the next president

Paul Bedard · February 9, 2016 2:08 pm

"You'd think ... someone would have taken some time to think it through," said API President Jack Gerard. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Energy and Environment

Oil industry: Obama plan to tax oil makes no sense

Kyle Feldscher · February 8, 2016 9:22 pm

A total of 1,058 expatriated in the fourth quarter of the year, bringing the annual number to a record 4,279. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

National Security

Exodus: Record number of Americans renounce citizenship

Rudy Takala · February 6, 2016 7:14 pm

President Obama's budget proposes ending tax-free status for municipal bonds whose proceeds are used to build stadiums for professional sports teams. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

An Obama proposal everyone should back — but won’t

Michael Barone · February 6, 2016 1:31 am

Obama: Low oil prices the perfect time for $10 oil tax

Obama: Low oil prices the perfect time for $10 oil tax

Nicole Duran · February 5, 2016 6:48 pm

Republicans on Hill, Campaign Trail Reject Obama Oil Tax

Michael Warren · February 5, 2016 5:34 pm

For Rep. Gwen Moore cutting spending on "tax expenditures" is just fancy code for "let's raise taxes." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Dems cave, agree to massive federal spending cuts

Pete Kasperowicz · February 5, 2016 5:01 am

"The president should be proposing policies to grow our economy instead of sacrificing it to appease progressive climate activists," Paul Ryan said in a Thursday afternoon statement. (AP Photo)

Ryan: Obama’s oil tax ‘dead on arrival’

Joel Gehrke · February 4, 2016 10:55 pm

President Obama says the new revenue would go toward reducing carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Obama goes full YOLO: Proposes raising gas prices in final budget

Ashe Schow · February 4, 2016 10:25 pm