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Vote on Tax Cuts Expected This Week

1 December 2010

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicated just a few weeks ago that a vote on the expiring Bush tax cuts would happen in mid-December. It turns out that the rest of the House is a bit more optimistic than she is: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has announced that he expects a vote on Thursday. [...]

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Pelosi Touts Democrats’ Tax Position

1 October 2010

Last night, NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff spoke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) about the upcoming elections and key issues affecting voters. Not surprisingly, tax cuts were at the forefront of the discussing. Speaker Pelosi indicated that she was amenable to considering cutting corporate tax rates: We’re all for putting everything on the table, talking about [...]

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What’s Next for Rangel?

30 July 2010

So what’s the punishment for Rangel’s numerous ethics violations, including financial wrongdoing and “harming the credibility of Congress”? A stern reprimand of course. That’ll teach him. CNN is reporting that House ethics committee investigators are recommending that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) be reprimanded as punishment for 13 ethics violations. Rangel, for his part, says the [...]

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Bipartisan Efforts to Reduce Unemployment In the Works

8 February 2010

If there’s one thing that both parties in Congress can agree on, it’s that any hope for economic recovery is going to hinge on getting unemployment under control. At the end of 2009, one out of every ten Americans able to work wasn’t working. Fortunately, there’s some good news. Last month, the national unemployment rate [...]

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Dear Nancy, Please Don’t Raise Taxes To Pay For Health Care…

8 October 2009

This week, 157 House Democrats (which for math junkies like me, who want to know the actual percentage of House Dems who signed, it’s 62%) signed a letter which put House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on notice that an excise tax on high-cost health care insurance plans is not acceptable. Those who signed the letter [...]

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Vote on Stimulus Package Set for After the Inauguration

9 January 2009

This week, it was announced that the total job losses for 2008 were more than 2.6 million, the highest since 1945. It was no surprise, then, that Congress is rushing to approve a much touted economic stimulus package. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that she expected a House on the matter the week after Obama’s [...]

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Pelosi Confirms Tax Rebates “Unlikely” Before New Year

18 October 2008

In a move that should surprise very few, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed yesterday that Congress is “unlikely” to approve an economic stimulus package that included tax rebate checks during this calendar year. The Democrats are, however, still pressing for approval on their $61 billion “economic stimulus package” which includes relief for the jobless and [...]

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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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Ask the taxgirl: “Windfall tax” on Retirement

9 July 2008

Taxpayer asks: Is this true? Post this on taxgirl.com with an answer please. Windfall Tax on Retirement Income Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you’re so darn stupid that we’re going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you. That’s what the [...]

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