Welcome to Taxreform.gov — a new bipartisan entry on the Internet sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp, Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Camp says he is...
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Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., right, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), walks with Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Vice Chairman, to a discussion of the JTC on the topic of reforming the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
Zero-Based Tax Reform: Camp, Baucus (‘Max and Dave’)
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Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, listens to a question during a news conference after the weekly Democratic Policy Committee meeting in Washington, D.C.
Senate Recess Over, Playground Still Busy
“Like schoolyard bullies, if Republicans can’t win, they’ll take the ball and go home,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid complained during his session-opener this morning. The Nevada Democrat was referring to the impasse between House and Senate on how to...
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Boxes of ammunition sit on the shelf at Sportsmans Arms in Petaluma, California.
Public Reaction to Senate Gun Vote: 47% Negative, 39% Positive
If proponents of gun safety legislation were counting on a public backlash over the Senate’s vote against expansion of background checks for gun-buyers, they won’t find it here: Among Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Center on a subject which...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Capitol Hill.
Reid Ramrods Online Sales Tax Bill
The online sales tax bill headed to the Senate floor this week took a very direct path there — right past the Finance Committee. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, maneuvered the bill past Committee Chairman Max Baucus,...
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid on Capitol Hill.
Harry Reid: Votes and Rights
This is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s welcome for the Newtown 12, the relatives of children slain in the mass-shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school who have come to Washington to lobby for tougher gun controls: Most gun owners are...
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Sen. John McCain during a news conference supporting a pardon for boxer Jack Johnson, shown in stand up photo at right, in this file photo. Behind McCain are referee Richard Steele, left, a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and Iran Barkley, a former WBB boxing champion.
Harry Reid, Mike Tyson: In the Same Ring for Jack Johnson (Bell)
Harry Reid was a boxer in his time (amateur lightweight). Mike Tyson was a boxer in his days (heavyweight champion). The late Jack Johnson remains a boxing legend. Now the Senate majority leader from Searchlight, Nevada, and the tattooed darling...
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Medtronic Inc. headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Medical Device Tax Repeal on Hold
Bipartisan support for repealing the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices doesn’t mean the tax will get repealed any time soon. The Senate’s 79-20 vote yesterday in favor of repeal was a non-binding amendment to the budget. Thirty-four members of...
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The Easter Bunny looks out from the Truman Balcony during the Annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House in this file photo.
Easter Bunny Eats the Budget Talks
This begs the question of whether the Easter Bunny has a budget: Leaders of both parties in Congress have asked for a return to regular order, pushing for committees to work through bill drafting and for floor action to finish...
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Rep. Paul Ryan in front of the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia, in this file photo.
Washington Daybook: Ryan at 1600
Rand Paul’s quixotic filibuster against John Brennan’s nomination as CIA director in which he droned on about the issue of, well, drones, lasted a respectable 12 hours, 52 minutes. That places him between Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour rant against the...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, speaks with Speaker of the House John Boehner on Capitol Hill in this file photo.
Boehner vs. Reid: Barroom Brawl
Updated at 3:45 pm EST The rift between Republican John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives, and Democrat Harry Reid, majority leader of the Senate, has surfaced behind closed doors as well as in public. Accusing the Senate of...
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