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HR 4213

We Have A Winner!

1 July 2010

Alrighty, this one was tough. I had some amazing entries in the contest to rename HR 4213. You can read them all here. Choosing a winner was not easy. A lot of thoughtfulness and wit went into the entries but in the end (drumroll, please), I opted for: Charlie. I loved the backstory. Congrats, Charlie, [...]

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Rename HR 4213 and Win

25 June 2010

You know that I hate, hate, hate the revised name for HR 4213: the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010. For one, there’s nothing remotely jobby about the bill. For another, it’s awkward to say (tax loopholes closing – really?). And you can’t even do a nice anagram a la EGTRRA or [...]

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Congress Fiddles While We Burn: No Movement on Tax Bill

25 June 2010

So here’s where we are on HR 4213, also called the Tax Extenders Bill or the ever-so-catchy American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010: nowhere. The bill, which has been proposed in one form or another for over six months, failed yet another test this week when a revised version failed in the [...]

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Tax Bill Still in the Senate

17 June 2010

The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 (also referred to as HR 4213) may need to be renamed the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2011. More than six months after its introduction, the bill is still sitting in Congress with just about a month and a half to go [...]

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