Outside of the White House today, Speak Pelosi claimed that Republican voices have been heard in the  discussion of the…

Markup of:H.R. 598:1. Title I – “American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009”2. Title II –“Assistance for Unemployed Workers…

OPENING STATEMENT OF RANKING MEMBER DAVE CAMPMARKUP OF H.R. 598 – ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILLJANUARY 22, 2009(REMARKS AS PREPARED) Mr. Chairman,…

Washington D.C. – Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI)and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued thefollowing…

Washington D.C. – Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger(R-CA) issued the following statement today after Democrats’ released asummary of health…

  The head of the Senate Budget Committee said he doubts President-elect Barack Obama’s $825 billion economic stimulus package will…

Business Meeting on the following items:Committee on Ways and Means 1. Organization of Committee Assignments;2. Adoption of the Committee Rules….

  Tomorrow House Democrats plan to bring a bill to the floor that will expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program….

A 2006 Joint Economic Committee (JEC) study found that death tax “liabilities depend on the skill of the estate planner, rather than on capacity to pay.” So much for tax fairness. By contrast, “family-run firms and farms particularly feel the pinch of the estate tax, because they are less likely to have the liquid resources needed to meet their estate tax liabilities.” The latest JEC estimate is that the death tax has reduced the stock of capital in the economy by about $847 billion.

Democrats have decided to pay for their proposal for a massive SCHIP expansion, which dilutes the focus on poor children,…