CONGRESS WATCH
- Tax Freedom Day Arrives on April 17th, 2012, Tax Foundation
- Buffett Rule would barely dent debt but fits nicely into Obama’s theme, Candy Crowley, CNN
- The Jobs Through Growth Act, US Congress
- The RSC published two charts visualizing our taxes: “Taxes or Living, What Costs More?” & “Brevity is the Soul of Good Tax Policy.”
- Rep. Kristi Noem (SD-At Large): Combating Pain at the Pump; Rapid City Journal, April 9.
- Rep. Phil Gingrey (GA-11): IPAB is Not the Solution; USA Today, April 9.
- Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL-13): Washington’s Status Quo Is Bankrupting Our Nation; The Hill, April 10.
- Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-09): Bipartisanship and ‘Crowdfunding’; The Tampa Tribune, April 10.
- Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21): President Obama Wrong to Bully the Supreme Court; Politico, April 10.
- Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13): Stable Supply Will Reduce Pinch on Wallets; Times Record News, April 11.
- Rep. Connie Mack (FL-14): The Americas Summit and Obama’s Failed Leadership; The Miami Herald, April 12.
- Rep. Sam Graves (MO-06): Uncertainty from Washington Is Holding Back Small Businesses; St. Joseph News-Press, April 15.
- On Monday, the Senate rejected the so-called “Buffett Rule,” which would have added a new minimum tax of 30% of all income earned on top of the current tax code.
- This week, the House will hold two hearings on the excessive and wasteful spending of the General Services Administration (GSA): the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Monday and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday.
- Tuesday is both Tax Day and Tax Freedom Day, the day Americans have finally earned enough to pay all our taxes for the year.
- Also on Tuesday, the House will vote on H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, which would ease the use of firearms on federal land.
- On Wednesday, the House will vote on H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cut Act, providing a one-year 20% tax deduction for small businesses with fewer than 500 workers.
- On Wednesday and Thursday, the House is expected to work and vote on the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II, which would extend federal highway programs for an additional 90 days and approve the entire Keystone XL pipeline.
- Ex-IM Bank in the News (pdf), US Congress
- Impending Tax Increases (pdf), US Congress
- Tax Facts (pdf), US Congress
- charts and graphs, US Congress
- Budget and Spending Task Force Weekly Reports, US Congress
- RSC Sunset Caucus, US Congress
- RSC Repeal Task Force, US Congress
- Constitutional Authority Statements, US Congress
- Money Monitors from the 112th Congress, US Congress
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