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Congress To Consider ‘Keep The IRS Off Your Health Care Act Of 2013’ This Week

Kelly Phillips ErbJuly 31, 2013July 13, 2020

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) has introduced H.R. 2009, referred to as the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The bill would bar IRS from enforcing the health care act as a result of the most recent tax exempt organization scandal.

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House Considers Vote On Budget Tonight (Psst: Don't Get Your Hopes Up)

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 1, 2013July 5, 2020

Lots going on in D.C. today so let me catch you up to speed. The Democratic Senate reached a compromise on the budget deal in

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Congress Gets A Raise, Hasn’t Yet Fixed The Budget

Kelly Phillips ErbDecember 30, 2012July 5, 2020

If you’ve been worried about what will happen to those poor folks in Congress once the tax increases hit, worry no more: they’re getting a

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Boehner Fails To Push Through Plan B

Kelly Phillips ErbDecember 20, 2012July 5, 2020

Christmas did not come early for Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH). Boehner failed to garner enough votes in the House to push through

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Congress Takes Home Millions Of Tax Dollars While On Recess

Kelly Phillips ErbOctober 3, 2012June 28, 2020

The President and his staff are working this week. And yes, the Supremes are holding court this week, too (I’ll have more on that later).

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Is Your Mortgage Interest Deduction At Risk?

Kelly Phillips ErbNovember 17, 2011May 21, 2020

Is your mortgage interest deduction at risk? What about your charitable donation deduction? Your real estate tax deduction? Your medical expenses deduction? Under a new

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Breaking Down the Debt Ceiling Fix In 10 Easy Pieces

Kelly Phillips ErbAugust 2, 2011

So after all of the drama, it’s over. For now. President Obama has signed into law legislation that will raise the debt ceiling, averting what

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Multinational Corporate Tax Holiday Gets New Interest

Kelly Phillips ErbMay 14, 2011

Imagine for a minute how you’d feel if you found out that Congress passed a law that would allow your neighbor to pay less tax

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ACORN Loses Federal Funding

Kelly Phillips ErbSeptember 17, 2009

Just days after offering some “interesting” tax advice on film, ACORN was hit with a House bill that would deny federal funds to the group.

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