The Great Tax Debate
…discussions of tax fairness and expanding health care coverage. The Obama administration has floated various trial balloons, and Senator Baucus (D. Montana), an influential player in the health care reform…
…discussions of tax fairness and expanding health care coverage. The Obama administration has floated various trial balloons, and Senator Baucus (D. Montana), an influential player in the health care reform…
…John Cornyn (R), Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee Other Senators (in alphabetical order with Chairs and Ranking Members noted) Senator Evan Bayh (D) Senator Max Baucus (D), Chairman of Committee…
by rdan The Baucus-Snowe bill S.3101 Medicare reform in the Senate is up for a vote. This aspect of the Social Security programs has not been discussed in depth here,…
…that key Democratic senators, led by John Breaux (La.) and Max Baucus (Mont.), went along with it… “We just don’t have the discipline on our side that’s needed.” Robert Borosage…
…Street likes, so it gets the support of Baucus and other Dems-in-name-only. 2) The Obama Administration has accepted the idea of “revenue neutral corporate tax reform” but Hatch wants broad…
…clearly not so–tax cuts just lead to demands for more tax cuts, as the “one time” repatriation provision in 2004 clearly demonstrated. Max Baucus is also one of the “cut…
…those corporations can hobnob with Congress and let them know the items on their wish lists without much intervention from the unknowing public. This is why the Baucus-Hatch “base broadening…
by Linda Beale David Sirota Agrees with me on the Tax Reform “Secrecy” Scandal As I mentioned in an earlier post, Max Baucus has established a secret submission process for…
…of Baucus and a subset of the Committee. Whereupon Leader Reid simply took all those materials and sent a “Leader’s Mark” to the Floor, using an existing House Revenue Bill…
…companies. By making a promise which shouldn’t be kept, he scared them and their tame senator Max Baucus into supported reform if and only if there were a mandate. He…