COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

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  • U.S. Incomes Fell More in Recovery, Sentier Says

    August 24, 2012 - American incomes declined more in the three-year expansion that started in June 2009 than during the longest recession since the Great Depression, according an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by Sentier Research LLC. Median household income fell 4.8 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis since ... More

  • Dave Camp: Is Tax Reform Politically Possible?

    August 11, 2012 - By Stephen Moore It is now a daily routine: President Obama issues another class-warfare call to arms, demanding that the rich pay higher tax rates starting next year. Along the way he also takes derisive shots at Republicans in Congress, as Mr. Obama insists that they triple income- and investment... More

  • The Romney Hood Fairy Tale

    August 8, 2012 - As he escalates his class war re-election campaign, President Obama has taken to calling Mitt Romney's economic plan "Robin Hood in reverse" or "Romney Hood." The charge is that even though Mr. Romney is proposing to cut tax rates for everybody across the board, Mr. Romney will finance this by impo... More

  • Rep. Dave Camp patiently pursues tax reform

    July 30, 2012 - Earlier this year, as House Republicans began strategizing for the November elections, conservatives badgered their leaders to unveil a detailed plan to overhaul the U.S. tax code. The GOP has vowed to lop 10 points off the top tax rate, and many House freshmen were eager to make that promise a cen... More

  • AEI: Undoing Welfare Reform

    July 30, 2012 - The Obama administration has opened the door to changes in welfare reform that could destroy it from within. Federal officials have invited states to request “waivers” of the normal rules that govern putting welfare recipients to work. They describe these rules as mere “paperwork” that gets in the ... More

  • Why Fast-Tracking Tax Reform Matters (It's Not What You Think)

    July 27, 2012 - Next week House Republicans are expected to pass an extension of the Bush tax cuts that includes a measure to fast-track comprehensive tax reform next year -- an idea that some lawmakers dismiss as just another legislative gimmick. But that misses the more important point, largely that Republicans ... More

  • Obama turns back clock on welfare reform

    July 26, 2012 - By Chairman Dave Camp President Obama recently gutted the historic and bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996. His decision to allow states to ignore the work requirement in the welfare program is not only wrong, but illegal. The bipartisan welfare reforms of the 1990s were the result of serious, tough... More

  • Poll: 83 percent support welfare work requirement that Obama gutted

    July 20, 2012 - President Obama’s Health and Human Services Department undermined the work requirement legislated in the 1996 welfare reform bill, but 83 percent of Americans disagree with the president on that position. “Most Americans think there are too many people on welfare who should not be getting it and be... More

  • Business Roundtable Supports House Action on Comprehensive Tax Reform

    July 18, 2012 - Dear Mr. President: Congress and the White House must begin now to resolve fundamental fiscal and tax issues confronting America. The current political paralysis hindering principled compromise has fueled needless economic uncertainty that impedes a more robust economic recovery. Without effective ... More

  • Obama Kills Welfare Reform

    July 18, 2012 - Determined to destroy Bill Clinton's signature achievement, President Barack Obama's Administration has opened a loophole in the 1996 Welfare Reform legislation big enough to make the law ineffective. Its work requirement -- the central feature of the legislation -- has been diluted beyond recognit... More