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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Ramaswamy: A Dynamic Debate Performance Paired With An Incoherent Economic Agenda

Following the first Republican presidential primary debate, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy seems to be having a moment. That makes it a good time to explore his...
September 1, 2023Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Will the GOP Rift with Big Business Lead to Higher Corporate Taxes?

Could the corporate blowback against GOP efforts to rewrite voting rules in Georgia and other states drive congressional Republicans to accept some of President Biden’s...
April 20, 2021Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Who Won the Election Again?

Pardon me for being confused. Two weeks ago, voters turned the Senate and several state houses over to Republicans and increased the GOP majority in the House. Now, in a new Wall Street Journal -NBC News pol l, (firewall) Americans have firmly embraced—a Democratic agenda. They want more government
November 20, 2014Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Will Obama’s Executive Action on Immigration Kill Tax Reform? Hint: You Can’t Kill Something That’s Already Dead

The latest narrative making the rounds in Washington is that President Obama will kill prospects for tax reform in 2015 if he grants legal status to undocumented immigrants though an executive order. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and others claim that this step will so poison the well of trust
November 18, 2014Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The Illogic of the McConnell Debt Limit Rule

In the aftermath of the recent government shutdown and the painful negotiations that brought the country perilously close to defaulting on government debt, policy experts...
October 23, 2013William G. Gale
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Is Obamacare the GOP’s White Whale?

“The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them…All that most...
September 17, 2013Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Bowles-Simpson II: A New Plan to Avoid the Sequester

With 10 days to go until the dreaded sequester—the automatic across-the-board spending cuts that most lawmakers profess to hate—the Washington drama machine is starting to...
February 19, 2013Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

What the Dueling Senate Bills on Expiring Tax Cuts Would Mean for Taxpayers

As early as today, the Senate is likely to vote on the first of two competing efforts to temporarily extend tax cuts passed between 2001...
July 25, 2012Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Five Reasons Why the Deficit Super Committee Failed

To the surprise of few , Congress’ super committee is on the brink of failure--unable to agree on $1.2 trillion in budget savings as required...
November 21, 2011Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Mission Impossible: Cutting the Corporate Tax Rate to 25 Percent

It has been an article of faith among most congressional Republicans and many Democrats that the corporate tax rate should be cut from today’s top...
November 2, 2011Howard Gleckman