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September 17, 2015 Inside the Numbers on Poverty and Income in America

“A portrait of economic stagnation,” said the Wall Street Journal.  “America’s quagmire” is how CBS News put it.  These are the…

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September 16, 2015 Providing Tax Certainty: Our Work Continues . . .

Under our current (broken) tax system, Congress lurches from year to year by renewing so-called “tax extenders.” This annual practice…

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September 16, 2015 Stopping Obamacare’s Assault on Religious Liberty and People’s Pocketbooks

We have many problems with Obamacare—that’s why we want to repeal and replace it lock, stock, and barrel. So tomorrow,…

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September 15, 2015 Rebuffed by Congress, President Obama Now Embraces 529 Plans

The season isn’t the only thing changing in Washington right now—so is the administration’s recollection of where it stands on…

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September 09, 2015 Default? Not on our watch.

If the United States government defaults on a debt payment, it would do serious harm to the U.S. economy—and, worst…

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August 18, 2015 The Lowdown on Inversions

We’ve been laying out the case for international tax reform lately, and no issue dramatizes the need for reform better than the recent spate of corporate…

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August 14, 2015 Fox Business Talks with Small-Business Owner Who Had Assets Seized

This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL), is urging the…

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August 13, 2015 Why Do We Need International Tax Reform?

Last week, we laid out what it means when we say the committee is exploring “international tax reform.” It’s an…

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August 06, 2015 What Is This “International Tax Reform” of Which You Speak?

Tax reform. Two words that get thrown around a lot in Congress. Everyone’s for it, but yet everyone has their…

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August 05, 2015 LOCKOUT: Flawed U.S. Tax Structure Keeps Trillions Offshore That Could be Invested Here

Here’s a helpful illustration. Microsoft, a company that symbolizes American innovation, is now holding $108 billion of its profits overseas….

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