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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The U.S.-Mexico border on February 26, 2013 near Sonoita, Arizona.
Low-IQ Immigrants: Not Heritage Policy
The Heritage Foundation has taken some hits for projecting 50 years out with its projection that the cost of government services for undocumented immigrants becoming citizens will far exceed the tax revenue they contribute to the economy — by about...
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Sen. Rand Paul introduces his father, Republican presidential candidate Rep Ron Paul on January 2, 2012 in Davenport, Iowa.
Rand Paul’s Ron Paul Advice
Like father, like son? Not if he knows what’s good for him, some are saying of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — suggesting that, for all the popularity his father enjoyed in his bids for a presidential nomination, he’ll need...
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), center, and Sen. John Isakson (R-GA) depart from a Senate subway car as Senate Republicans and Democrats head to their weekly policy luncheon on March 19, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Rand Paul: Role of Government
Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky with a libertarian outlook and son of the retired congressman from Texas who ran for president with an appeal to libertarian instincts, says there is a goal for government. Protecting your property. “If...
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A man holds a semi-automatic assault rifle for sale at the Rocky Mountain Gun Show in Sandy, Utah.
Biden on Gun-Rules: ‘Will of the People’
Vice President Joe Biden, who has suggested that anyone interested in assault weapons for home protection should go buy a shotgun instead, also sees no value in mega-clips for hunters. “If you can’t get the deer in three shots, you...
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Sen. Rand Paul, center, speaks during a news conference with Sen. Mike Lee, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz to announce a plan to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, on March 13, 2013 in Washington.
Rand Paul #filiblizzard: Round 2?
There’s no question that Rand Paul came out ahead of the game with his 13-hour filibuster in the Senate — the kudos were bipartisan. He got an answer to his question about the Obama administration’s ability to target Americans on...
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U.S. Marines 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment with Female Engagement Team Sargeant Savanna E. Malendoski, center, and Sargeant Patricia A. Aquino, left, talk to Afghan villagers during a visit to a village in Gamser, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.
When Will Women Be Drafted for War? — When Congress Says So
So women will go to war. But when will they be drafted? The Defense Department’s decision to lift the ban against women on the front lines of combat leaves open the question of the draft. Men were drafted for the...
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during an event at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia.
Sotomayor on Affirmative Action: `How the Door Got Opened’
Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, acknowledges the role that affirmative action played in her education — an admittance to Princeton that paved the way for a child of Puerto Rican immigrants in the Bronx....
Read more »Norquist’s Brash Managerie: Pledge-Breakers Beware the `Sugar Plums’
Grover Norquist, never at a loss for words, is employing an increasingly purple collection of them to lash erstwhile Republican allies mulling abandonment of the anti-tax pledge which he’s used for years to thwart federal tax increases. In recent days,...
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White House senior adviser David Plouffe speaks to reporters after the Presidential Debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at the University of Denver on October 3, 2012.
Romney’s Comeback: Plouffe’s Nightmare — Florida, Ohio Get Ready
There’s nothing like a comeback story. The Obama campaign, working to spin away Republican Mitt Romney’s perceived success in the first presidential debate last night, suggests that reporters have been waiting for a turnaround in fortunes. “I think some of...
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Al Hunt
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Mark Silva
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Emma Fidel
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Don Frederick
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Gregory Giroux
analyzes elections, financing of congressional and presidential elections, political advertising and demographics in Bloomberg's Washington Bureau. -
Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
covers campaign finance and lobbying in Washington. He was president of the National Press Club and started in Washington in 1987. -
Richard Rubin
covers federal tax policy. He worked at Congressional Quarterly and The Charlotte Observer before joining Bloomberg News in 2010. -
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
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Lisa Lerer
covers the White House and covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News. She covered Congress, lobbying and the 2008 campaign for Politico. -
John McCormick
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Margaret Talev
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Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
