Tag: Taxes

Americans for Tax Reform notes that "as a senator, Clinton voted against income tax relief for all Americans." (Getty Images file)

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Clinton spokesman: The tax hikes are coming

Jason Russell · June 16, 2015 3:49 pm

The White House three veto threats on Monday, including one that would repeal the ACA's Independent Payment Advisory Board. (Getty)

WH: Ending medical device tax hurts health system, only helps ‘profitable corporations’

Nicole Duran · June 16, 2015 1:43 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used Twitter to announce his run for president Monday, after a false start Friday. (AP Photo)

Walker shows his priorities with $250 million subsidy to NBA billionaires

Timothy P. Carney · June 11, 2015 10:21 pm

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen speaks at the American Bar Association Tax Section 2014 meeting, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington on Friday, May 9th, 2014. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

IRS promises new identity fraud safeguards before 2016 tax season

Joseph Lawler · June 11, 2015 8:47 pm

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, followed by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., back left, walk from the Senate subway on Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP looks to tax overseas profits to fund highways

Joseph Lawler · June 11, 2015 4:01 am

"We're certainly not going to be able to be doing big, comprehensive tax reform with this president," McConnell said in an interview with the publication Morning Consult posted online Sunday. (Getty Image)

Hope for tax reform fades

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

"If you've got the yahoos at the White House who review every document â¦ this is the heart of the backlog," said Rep. Chaffetz.Â

Internet tax bill highlights brewing battle over online sales taxes

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

Dick Durbin is trying to stop Monsanto from moving its headquarters overseas to cut down on U.S. taxes. (AP Photo)

Durbin raises alarm over potential Monsanto move out of U.S.

Joseph Lawler · June 8, 2015 8:08 pm

The Congressional Budget Office is going to be busy running dynamic analyses of legislation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

Five items that members of Congress want dynamically scored

Joseph Lawler · June 7, 2015 4:01 am

The shadow of former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is seen on a representation of the National Debt Clock as he speaks at a town hall meeting in Kalamazoo, Mich., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The official national debt now stands at $13.1 trillion. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Study: True size of federal government debt is $210 trillion

Jason Russell · June 3, 2015 8:26 pm

Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt. during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. If all go Sanders' way, he will be sworn in as president in 2016. (AP Photo)

President Bernie Sanders: What would it be like?

Sean Higgins · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

A doctor speaks to a patient as a sphygmomanometer, or blood pressure meter, lies on his desk on September 5, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Bill to repeal device tax advances in House

Robert King · June 2, 2015 4:34 pm