At some point today, I’m sure many in the Senate wanted to check Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for Energizer batteries because he kept going and going and going. But don’t call it a filibuster. Because it’s not. Sanders said so. And he had a lot of time to think about it. Sanders took the floor…
This one isn’t going down without a fight. After Democrats in Congress publicly defied President Obama by refusing to endorse the tax deal he negotiated with Republicans, the measure is going to another vote. On Monday, the Senate will take up a procedural vote to attempt to bring the deal to the floor. In response,…
In what can only be considered a huge setback for President Obama, Democrats in the House have said no to the tax deal that the President recently negotiated with the Republican leadership. Talks go on. Stay tuned!
I’ll admit that I didn’t see yesterday’s tax deal coming. I was fairly certain that the drama would play out through this week. We still have drama but now it’s more of the “let me explain” variety. Let me see if I can sort out for you what happened and why. First, let’s talk timing….
I’ll be posting my thoughts on the tax deal in a moment but first I want to know, what do you think? QuestionsView Results
A lot has happened in the tax world over the past 24 hours. I’m working on a comprehensive article about the new tax bill. In the interim, you can catch some of the highlights in this piece I did for AOL’s WalletPop.
The expiring Bush tax cuts – and what will happen to them – are all over the place these days. Folks seem to have very definite opinions about what should (and shouldn’t) happen. But it also seems like, for all of the publicity over the cuts, taxpayers really don’t understand what it all means. I…
Vote early and vote often is taking on a totally different meaning these days. Congress is voting on the tax cuts – they’re just not getting anywhere. Today, the Senate voted twice on measures to extend tax cuts and failed to pass either version. One version would have extended the tax cuts to families making…
Earlier this morning I received an email from a reader who confessed that they really weren’t sure how the Bush tax cuts would affect them and wondered if I could give a quick summary of what all of this really means for taxpayers. It’s an excellent question and I’m on it… Check back later in…
My daughter hates to do her chores. Last week, she got it into her head that it wasn’t fair that she had to set the table so she decided that she wasn’t going to do anything else until we gave her a better job. A few minutes of sitting in time out changed her mind…