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Spending Cuts and Tax Cuts: Just Shake ‘Em Off

Spenders gonna’ spend, tax-cutters gonna’ cut… The House Budget Committee passed its $3.8 trillion budget, but only after giving in to GOP defense hawks : They got $20.5 billion in defense spending without offsets. Meanwhile, TPC’s Howard Gleckman tries to square the House GOP’s tax cuts with its

March 20, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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“Dead Reform Walking:” On Fairness, Immigration, and Spending

A Senator says “ no way ” to a bill that won ’ t see December ’ s light of day. As far as the lame-duck Congress is concerned, the Marketplace Fairness Act is dead: House Speaker John Boehner assured as much last week . Senator Ted Cruz has added his two cents (tax-free) insisting it is the “height

November 19, 2014Renu Zaretsky