Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Tax Policy

UPDATE: Boehner’s Cryptic Message on Taxes

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UPDATE 1:47 p.m.: Speaker Boehner just sent out an email to reporters, highlighting media reports of his comments that assert that he doesn’t intend to raise tax rates. It clarifies his position that the election doesn’t equal a “mandate for raising tax rates” on the American people.  In a move likely calculated to distract attention away […]

Congress Puts Off Key Decisions on Transpo Bill and Transit Tax Benefit

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The website didn’t lie: Apparently there really are no markups scheduled on the Senate Banking Committee’s calendar. Committee Chair Tim Johnson had told Politico that the committee would vote out the transit portion of the MAP-21 transportation bill on Friday, but yesterday, he recanted, telling the same reporters that “something came up.” Johnson said they’ll try […]