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At today’s Ways and Means hearing, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) that the…
Read More (To Solve Social Security Challenge, Obama Administration Has to Admit it Exists)As Republicans and Democrats work to put in place bipartisan trade promotion authority, editorial boards from coast to coast are…
Read More (Newspapers across the Country Call on Congress to Put in Trade Promotion Authority)Democrats continue to claim we can fix the looming shortfall in disability insurance by raiding retirees’ Social Security trust fund. But CBO Director Doug…
Read More (CBO Director Says Accounting Gimmicks Can’t Save Social Security)This afternoon, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on United States trade policy, with U.S. Trade…
Read More (Moving America Forward: Expanding U.S. Trade)In 2013, Democrats argued that ending a “temporary” unemployment-benefits program would hurt families in need. In fact, they called unemployment…
Read More (Extended Unemployment Benefits Hurt Jobs, New Report Finds)Disability insurance: Not working The Economist, January 23, 2015 For years, Doug, who lives in Binghamton, New York, suffered from…
Read More (The Economist — Disability insurance: Not Working)Today marks the official start of tax season, the annual – and frustrating – American tradition of sorting through a long and…
Read More (Meet Your New Tax-Season Headache: Obamacare)There’s probably no better opportunity for bipartisan achievement this year than expanding export markets for American goods and services. This…
Read More (SOTU and Trade: What to Listen for)“The tax area is one area where we can get things done.” That was President Obama just one month ago, calling tax reform an issue…
Read More (The Obama Tax Hike in a Word: Seriously?)Congress last year unanimously closed a loophole that allowed surviving Nazi war criminals to claim Social Security benefits, but that’s…
Read More (Wall Street Journal Editorial: Disabling a Budget Con)