News & Updates
Top Headlines: December 7, 2010
NY Times – Is Tax Deal new direction for President? (Trio of front page articles, details on deal and can Pres win back liberal base) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/us/politics/07cong.html?_r=1&hp NPR – Tax deal draws fire http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/07/131872392/tax-deal-draws-fire-obama-says-it-s-needed Bloomberg – Wealthiest tax cuts, estate tax traded for payroll tax cut – markets like it! http://bit.ly/fYAfc9 Huffington Post Emily Swanson – [...]
Top Headlines: December 6, 2010
NY Times – Deal close on Taxes and UI http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/us/politics/06cong.html?_r=1&hp Mr. Obama said allowing the stimulus provisions to expire would result in a similar tax increase on working-class Americans who could afford it even less than the high-income people who would benefit from the Republicans’ plan. MSNBC – First Read – Proposed Tax + UI [...]
Top Headlines: December 2, 2010
Huffpost – Howard Fineman, Ryan Grimm, Sam Stein – Tax bill passes house and Senate Saturday votes http://huff.to/eaFhPJ The Hill - http://bit.ly/fh6H4B (List of Dems that voted against House Bill last night) http://bit.ly/fh6H4B Washington Post – White House negotiations include UI 13 month deal and economic spending http://wapo.st/hDLOI1 NY Times – Millionaire strategy proposed by Dems http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/us/politics/03million.html [...]
Top Headlines: December 1, 2010
Huffington Post – Sam Stein Congress Skeptical About Obama’s Tax Cut Summit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/obama-tax-cut-summit-congress-skeptical_n_790116.html The Hill - Senate GOP Letter – We will filibuster any action until tax and budget bills pass http://bit.ly/hz2CqK NYT David Leonhardt – In Tax Cuts, the Options run short http://nyti.ms/e9Emun
Top Headlines: November 30, 2010
Wall Street Journal – Tax Talks set stage for 2012 race http://on.wsj.com/hALjfq Huffington Post – House leaders plan to introduce bill - Permanent tax relief for working and middle class families, no extension of highest incomes Will that be the only legislative vehicle come Dec 31st? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/house-dems-tax-cuts_n_789585.html Bloomberg – Six areas of dispute on taxes [...]
Top Headlines: November 29, 2010
ABC News- One or Two years of top rates, permanent lower creates most economic activity and jobs over next couple of years http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=12258078&page=2 Huffington Post – Some facts checked on Small Biz and taxes http://huff.to/gQfxjh The Hill - Sen Graham Predicts one or two year extension of all tax breaks http://bit.ly/hbX9I1 The Hill on the CNN/Christine Amanpour Billionaries roundtable [...]
Top Headlines: November 24, 2010
Huffington Post – Chuck Collins Progressive Push Back on Taxes http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chuck-collins/progressive-push-back-to-_b_787040.html NewsPress.com Florida – Rick Diamond http://bit.ly/hpXlFy Blogs OMB Watch – NELP and covers tax cut compromise http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11384 Khaberian UI Extension Scrapped by GOP is it hypocrisy to support rich families through tax extensions but deny UI benefits to poor who are living on them? [...]
Top Headlines: November 23, 2010
LA Times – Small Business not worried about expiring tax breaks http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/23/bush-tax-cuts-small-busin_n_787328.html The Hill - Sandy Levin to be ranking member on House Ways and Means http://bit.ly/ifHey0 Truthout – Thom Hartman Roll back the Reagan tax cuts – Tax cuts haven’t ended up as savings for middle class http://www.truth-out.org/roll-back-reagan-tax-cuts65332 Talking Points Memo – Calls extension of all [...]
Top Headlines: November 22, 2010
CNN Drew Westin – Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Make No Sense http://bit.ly/az6r8u The Hill - Tax Cut Chicken http://thehill.com/house-archive/130199-dems-vs-gop-who-wins-the-game-of-tax-cut-chicken ABC News – Christine Amanpour inteviews Warren Buffett “If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further,” Buffett said. “But I think that [...]
Top Headlines: November 19, 2010
Washington Post – Wonk Book Ezra Klein – Dems have plan on taxes http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/11/wonkbook_dems_have_plan_on_bus.html Salon – Patriotic Millionaires group call for their tax cuts to expire http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/11/18/millionaires/index.html Baltimore Sun LTE http://bit.ly/dlSNc7 NY Daily News – Tax Cut Ad, Americans United for Change http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/11/bush-tax-cuts-con-job-in-new-a.html
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