Above The Beltway - Eye On Washington

[...] The so-called Bush tax cuts (from legislation enacted in 2001 and 2003) are scheduled to expire at the end of this year. [...]

[...] agenda that calls for reining in federal spending, permanently extending all of the Bush tax cuts, and repealing President Obama's signature health care law. Republicans are hoping the agenda, [...]

[...] tax revenues, while continuing to monetize debt. Enter the debate on whether to extend the Bush tax cuts for select groups, a topic which deserves its own article. Taxes of any kind take away from [...]

[...] -- in exchange for a vote in Congress to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.  The Obama administration claims lawmakers must raise the cap by Aug. 2 or risk the U.S. defaulting on its [...]

[...] all transactions using a payment instrument, is one such idea. During the recession, the Obama administration has mostly focused on stimulating consumer spending and filling in the short-run hole of a [...]

[...] Party is brushing off his description of Tea Partiers and other opponents of President Obama's health care law as "f--kers," saying he shares a penchant for blurting with Vice President [...]

[...] his performance on the following issues than approve: the federal budget deficit, unemployment, health care, taxes and immigration. Conversely, he's viewed more favorably than not on his handling of [...]

[...] , permanently extending all of the Bush tax cuts, and repealing President Obama's signature health care law. Republicans are hoping the agenda, released just five weeks before crucial midterm [...]

[...] 1994, played a role in their loss of their Congressional majorities a few months later. Now Michelle Obama is making the same mistake…and at a worse time. Voters are highly sensitive to where [...]

[...] which would institute a 1% transaction tax, while dangling the carrot of phasing out the federal income tax by 2017. H.R. 4646 is coined The Debt Free America Act. Its stated purpose is to raise [...]

[...] : Higher income tax rates Some of you may believe that only individuals in the top two federal income tax brackets will face higher rates when the Bush cuts go bye-bye. Not true! Unless Congress [...]