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Mar 15 2013
News
Dobbs Pushes Dubious GOP Attack On Senate Democrats' Budget
Lou Dobbs promoted the GOP attack that the Senate Democrats' proposed federal budget raises taxes by $1.5 trillion, a claim based on "a willful misreading" of the budget.
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Feb 28 2019
News
U.S. economy’s growth falls short of Trump’s 3% goal for 2018
The nation’s economic growth declined at the end of last year for the second straight quarter, denying President Trump the 3% annual increase he had promised that Republican tax cuts would spur.
And growth this year and next won’t hit that level either, economists said.
Total economic output, also known as gross domestic product, grew 2.9% in 2018, the Commerce Department said
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Mar 08 2019
News
Democrats set to pass ethics reform package targeting big money in politics
For the People Act, or HR 1, also aims to expand voting rights and require presidents to disclose their tax returns
Democrats are poised to pass a sweeping elections and ethics reform package that aims to reduce the role of big money in politics, expand voting rights – and require presidents to disclose their tax returns.
The House package, called the For the People Act, or HR 1
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Apr 28 2022
Perspectives Blog
What Does Elon Musk's Buy Mean for Twitter?
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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has made a deal to buy Twitter, one of the world's most influential internet platforms. Musk and Twitter's board agreed on a deal for Musk to buy the company for roughly $44 billion, or $54.20 per share. Musk has criticized
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Dec 14 2018
News
Michael Cohen Says Trump Almost Certainly Committed a Crime
After he was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for tax fraud, lying to Congress, and campaign-finance violations he said he committed at the president’s direction, Michael Cohen is going full John Dean. In an interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos that aired Friday, the lawyer and fixer who was once so loyal to Donald Trump that he claimed he’d “take a bullet” for him,
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Oct 23 2012
Opinion
What Social Security Changes Are Coming in 2013?
Every year Social Security recalculates crucial numbers that can affect the taxes you pay and the benefits you receive. Find out whats new.
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Oct 21 2013
News
Cracks show in Democratic coalition as budget talks get under way
Cracks are showing in the Democratic coalition as the next round of budget talks gets under way hurting chances for progress toward a broad deal aimed at the tax code and future deficits.
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Feb 03 2017
Opinion
Prayer breakfast: Why Christian conservatives are happy with Trump
At Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, the president again vows to eliminate federal law that forbids political speech by tax-exempt churches. It's the latest of several moves to please a key voting bloc. Donald Trump has never been known primarily as a man of faith. But in his first appearance Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump reaffirmed that he will be a strong
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Dec 17 2012
News
Obama, Boehner Meet as Cliff Talks Advance
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner huddled at the White House Monday as the pace quickened in negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.
The meeting, which lasted about 45 minutes, was the first face-to-face gathering between the two leaders since Mr. Boehner on Friday said he could support increased tax rates on income above $1 million a year. Mr. Boehner has
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Feb 25 2015
News
Yes Obama's Amnesties Do Increase Deficits
Yesterday I asked White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest to justify White House claims that President Obama's immigration executive actions reduce federal deficits in light of a letter from the Congressional Budget Office showing that they increase on-budget deficits by $8.8 billion.
Earnest then claimed that I was reading the letter wrong, and that the letter actually said that
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