Rep. Mike Kelly came to politics late and, only in his second term at 65 years of age, the actuarial tables don’t favor him rising to become a Capitol Hill kingpin. He could retire tomorrow, though, and know that he made the most...
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Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) speaks during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on May 17, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Mike Kelly’s IRS Spotlight for John Q. Public: Standing Ovation
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Steven Miller
IRS: Republicans’ Own Selective Examination: ‘Targets’
Speaking of the truth vs. the whole truth, House Republicans did some selective editing of an inspector general’s report during today’s hearing on the Internal Revenue Service. Steven Miller, the acting — and outgoing — commissioner of the Internal Revenue...
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The Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Lawmakers Get 568 Pages of Tax Code Guidance
That thud you just heard was a 568-page pile of tax policy hitting desks around Washington. The nonpartisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation released its summary today of the U.S. tax system (444 pages), various proposals to change it (45...
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, with Deforest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, James Doohan, and George Takei, 1984.
IRS’s Star Trek, Gilligan’s Island Videos Challenged by Congressman
Star Trek fans might recognize the Internal Revenue Service as a somewhat Vulcan enterprise — logical, humorless and inscrutable. Rep. Charles Boustany wants to see for himself. The Louisiana Republican is pressing the tax agency to turn over copies of...
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A police officer rides a bicycle past the Capitol on Feb. 12, 2013.
CBO Addresses Camp Criticism of Global Tax Study
The Congressional Budget Office says it should have sought more outside voices to look at a Jan. 8 report on international tax policy options. The nonpartisan agency responded today to concerns raised by Rep. Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means...
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A cardboard cut-out of President Barack Obama in a tent defending "Obamacare" at a street fair in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Health-Care’s Added Cost: Compliance
The 2010 health-care law that’s expected to expand insurance coverage to 27 million Americans in the next decade isn’t cheap: About $1.2 trillion through 2022. There’s another cost, less well known: The time Americans will spend complying with the law...
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Valentine’s Day Card from Congress: Come See Us About Tax Breaks
If it’s your Valentine’s Day dream to be questioned in public by Reps. Dave Camp, Earl Blumenauer and Vern Buchanan, you’re in luck. The House Ways and Means Committee is holding an open casting call for witnesses at a Feb....
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Captiol Hill.
Cantor Calls Tax Code Confusing — So Confusing, W-2 Talk Needs WD-40
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the tax code is confusing. It’s apparently so confusing that he flubbed it. In excerpts of a speech he’ll give tomorrow that his office circulated, Cantor plans to say: “Just filling out a W-2...
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Rep. Charlie Rangel with an aide at a House Ways and Means committee markup of H.J.Res.118, a resolution of disapproval of the Obama administration's proposed plan to waive successful welfare work requirements.
Rangel’s Return: Trade Voice Granted
Rangel is back. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, who stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in March 2010, is reclaiming some authority on the panel. Rangel will be the top Democrat on the trade...
Read more »Taxing: Where There are Ways the Means of Complication are Endless
The tax code is too complicated and full of duplicative incentives, Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, wrote in her annual report to Congress yesterday. Congress apparently hasn’t gotten the memo yet. In the legislative session that started Jan. 3,...
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