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Voinovich Drives Home Gas Tax Increase

10 August 2010

I’m writing this particular post from my hotel room in Durham, NC, just across the way from Duke Hospital where my dad had surgery on yesterday. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. He came through surgery just fine – although the family and I are quite worn out from dealing with Duke (yes, [...]

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IRS Reportedly Joins Investigation Into Florida GOP

21 April 2010

Ray Sansom is not having a good couple of years. After being elected Speaker of the Florida House in 2008, he was forced to take a temporary leave of absence from the position the following January after a scandal surfaced alleging that he had accepted a job in exchange for political favors. Just a few [...]

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Specter Defects to the Dems: Will It Make Any Difference?

3 May 2009

Last week, I was sitting on a panel for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. My topic was holding business interests in trusts. While many of the other panelists had to craft their talks in terms of federal estate taxes, my topic touched on a much broader range of issues – including a topic that is of [...]

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Tax Trivia: Stimulus Bill & the GOP

9 March 2009

We have a winner! See comments! Our next tax trivia question is: In February 2009, the House and Senate each initially approved their own version of the stimulus plan. Only three GOP Senators voted in favor of the Senate’s initial version. Name all three. Don’t forget: the first correct answer wins free CCH tax prep [...]

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Schwarzenegger to GOP Governors: We’ll Take Your Money

23 February 2009

A number of Republican governors have indicated that they will turn down federal money offered to states as part of the stimulus package. The Republican governors of Alaska, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas have signaled that they will pass on the money because it could lead to a tax increase in the future. [...]

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GOP Counters Democrats’ Proposed Second Stimulus Package

13 October 2008

Earlier today, the GOP indicated that they are not on board with the Democrats’ proposal for a second economic stimulus package. There’s no surprise there. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), the top ranking Republican in the House, wrote a letter to Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calling the proposal: an irresponsible, business-as-usual approach that has earned this [...]

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Who Wants to Raise Taxes? Bueller…? Bueller….?

12 August 2008

Ben Stein may be known best by my generation knows as the best as the economics teacher in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (“Bueller…. Bueller….?). But he is also an attorney, former presidential speechwriter (for Nixon and Ford) and regular newspaper columnist for the New York Times. Stein’s political beliefs generally tilt towards the [...]

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Professor Ting Offers His Side of the Story

8 August 2008

Earlier today, I blogged the story of my former law professor’s expulsion from the GOP in Delaware. I followed up via email with Professor Ting, who graciously agreed to answer a series of questions about the fiasco – and his quick views on the candidates and tax reform – despite the fact that he’s currently [...]

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GOP Blocks “Extra” Tax on Big Oil

10 June 2008

Senate Republicans blocked a proposal today that would tax the windfall profits of the country’s largest oil companies. The GOP put together 43 votes, which left the Democrats 9 votes short of what they needed to break a filibuster and bring the proposal to a vote. Democrats had urged Congress to pass the bill, with [...]

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Cindy McCain’s Tax Returns (Kind Of) Released

27 May 2008

Among pressure to prove that there was nothing to hide, Senator John McCain and his wife, Cindy, announced last week that, despite earlier comments that they would not release Ms. McCain’s tax info, they would do so. The information was made public and is available on McCain’s web site. Senator McCain had previously released his [...]

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