COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

The Tax Tracker

  • Joint Committee on Taxation Experiment Proves Tax Reform Can Lower Rates

    October 18, 2012 - There has long been bipartisan support for comprehensive tax reform that lowers rates and broadens the base. A new self-described “experiment” released by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) reinforces the merits of this approach. Unfortunately, some partisans are twisting JCT’s findings and conc... More

  • New Report Confirms Democrats Threaten Middle Class with Massive Year End Tax Hike

    October 2, 2012 - In July, Senator Patty Murray indicated that Democrats would be more than willing to drive the country over the “fiscal cliff” if Republicans refuse to raise taxes on job creators at the end of this year. Yesterday, the Tax Policy Center released a report that found that middle-income households wo... More

  • ObamaCare – An Explosion of Regulatory Burdens

    September 11, 2012 - According to former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Fred Goldberg, and supported by the Obama Administration's own figures, ObamaCare "...in its current form will be a needless administrative and compliance quagmire for millions of Americans." Based on IRS estimates approved by the Offi... More

  • Those who actually built a business and created jobs say: Democrat tax hikes are bad for business, time for tax reform is now

    August 2, 2012 - In a recent Ways and Means Committee hearing, small business owners in the manufacturing sector testified on how the current tax code affects them and how comprehensive tax reform could affect their ability to expand and create jobs. Their testimony reflects the overwhelming support among job creat... More

  • By the Numbers: Democrats’ Proposed Tax Increases

    August 1, 2012 - Despite warning after warning about the consequences of doing so, President Obama and Congressional Democrats continue to call for raising taxes on America’s families, small businesses and job creators. To make matters worse, they seem more than willing to hold low- and middle-income households hos... More

  • DEMOCRATS’ TICKING TAX BOMB, PART V: Small Business

    July 31, 2012 - As described in Part I of this series, when the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2012, the low-tax policies originally enacted in 2001 and 2003 – and extended, at Republicans’ urging, by a Democrat Congress and President Obama in 2010 – are again scheduled to expire. This will result in highe... More

  • DEMOCRATS’ TICKING TAX BOMB, PART IV: Seniors

    July 25, 2012 - As described in Part I of this series, when the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2012, the low-tax policies originally enacted in 2001 and 2003 – and extended, at Republicans’ urging, by a Democrat Congress and President Obama in 2010 – are again scheduled to expire. This will result in highe... More

  • CBO/JCT CONFIRM THAT OBAMACARE IS A $1 TRILLION TAX HIKE

    July 25, 2012 - New estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirm what America already knows – that the Democrats’ health law is a trillion-dollar tax hike that families and employers simply cannot afford. The recent Supreme Court ruling left in place 21 tax i... More

  • DEMOCRATS’ TICKING TAX BOMB, PART III: Middle-Class Families

    July 19, 2012 - As described in Part I of this series, when the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2012, the low-tax policies originally enacted in 2001 and 2003 – and extended, at Republicans’ urging, by a Democrat Congress and President Obama in 2010 – are again scheduled to expire. This will result in highe... More

  • Democrats Renew Their Commitment to Raise Taxes on Every Working American

    July 17, 2012 - The headline of an Associated Press article this morning tells Americans everything they need to know about how President Obama and the Democrats who control Washington feel about taxes: “Democrats willing to risk tax hike for all.” What does their recklessness mean for the American people? Accordi... More