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Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

The Real 2014 Budget Battle May Be Over Spending, Not Taxes

President Obama’s 2014 budget arrived two months late and was declared DOA by the House GOP leadership days before they even saw it. Yet, it...
April 10, 2013Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Congress Has Not Passed A 2014 Budget, and Probably Won’t

You probably read stories over the weekend about how the Senate passed a 2014 budget just before dawn on Saturday morning, a day after the...
March 25, 2013Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Why the Tax Cuts in the Senate Budget Don’t Add up

The Senate Democrats’ budget, like the House version, rips unfair and inefficient tax preferences that litter the revenue code. But the tax provisions of the...
March 21, 2013Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

What the Tax Policy Center Really Said About the Ryan Budget

The political response to the Tax Policy Center’s analysis of House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) fiscal plan was predictable, and mostly based on...
March 19, 2013Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

“Common Sense” Aside, What Do We Really Know About Capital Income Taxes and Growth?

If you’re discussing tax policy with someone who asserts that his or her point is “just common sense,” this could indicate one of two things:...
March 15, 2013Chris Sanchirico
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

House GOP Would Need $5.7 Trillion in Tax Hikes to Offset Ryan Rate Cuts

House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) fiscal plan promises to balance the federal budget in 10 years, make major cuts in income tax rates...
March 15, 2013Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Taxes and Paul Ryan’s Budget

House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a controversial plan to balance the budget in 10 years , entirely by cutting planned spending...
March 12, 2013Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Build America Bonds, the Medicaid Expansion, and Trust Between the States and the Feds

States trying to decide whether to expand their Medicaid programs to cover more low-income uninsured might want to take a look at the fate of...
March 7, 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
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

Desperately Needed: A Strong Treasury Department

Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, set the bar very high. The Senate is about to begin debate over President Obama’s nomination of...
February 13, 2013C. Eugene Steuerle