Written with Peter Cook The scandal at the Internal Revenue Service is emboldening the chief congressional proponents for rewriting the tax code, they said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “This actually leads to new momentum for tax reform,” said...
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C.
IRS Scandal Good for Tax Reform: Baucus, Camp, in Interview
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House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, talks prior to an interview at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2013.
Boehner: Slow Growth Can’t be ‘New Normal’
“We’ve had four years of slow and anemic job growth — and frankly, it’s unacceptable,” House Speaker John Boehner said today. The Ohio Republican attempted to turn the latest unemployment rate against the White House — 7.5 percent reported for...
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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’)
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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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Bipartisan support for repealing the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices doesn’t mean the tax will get repealed any time soon.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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Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner leaves after a media availability on Feb. 25, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Boehner: Tax Overhaul No. 1 Bill
The best seat in the House belongs to a tax-code overhaul. House Speaker John Boehner is reserving the bill number HR 1 for the rewrite of the tax code, according to Kevin Smith, a spokesman for the Ohio Republican. It’s...
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Representative Dave Camp, a Republican from Michigan and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, speaks at a Rotary Club meeting in Midland, Michigan, in this file photo.
Camp Considers Working Groups to Tackle Tax Reform
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp wants to break his panel into smaller working groups to tackle specific aspects of tax reform, Bloomberg BNA’s Marc Heller reports. Ray Beeman, tax counsel to the committee, said in a webinar...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Christie Sheathed His `Zingers’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, keynoter at the Republican National Convention this year, has fielded some criticism for not taking his famously combative game to the national television audience watching his party’s show. He’ll get another keynote assignment in Washington...
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Sen. Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2012.
‘Taxmageddon:’ Rubio Ready to Talk
The Republican-run House voted this week, again, to repeal ‘Obama-care.’ The Democratic-run Senate plans votes next week on “in-sourcing” jobs and limiting excessive campaign spending — all of this “messaging” meant more for home consumption in election campaigns than for...
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