Federal income-tax returns are due to the Internal Revenue Service, making this week a politically opportune time for Congress to debate tax issues.
The House today debated a “taxpayer assistance” bill that would end the private collection of federal taxes, strengthen taxpayer protections from identity theft and tax fraud, stop federal contractors from using foreign subsidiaries to evade Social Security and other employment taxes, simplify the reporting of cellular telephone taxes, and expand tax help for low-income taxpayers.
Democrats who spoke in favor of the bill included Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana and Rahm Emanuel of Illinois.
Categories: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Oregon, Producer's Picks, Technology, Brad Ellsworth, Taxes, Earl Blumenauer, Crime, Rosa DeLauro, Rahm Emanuel
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The battle for control of the Senate in 2008 thus far looks like it may be rather “boring,” according to Quinn McCord, The Hotline’s Senate campaign analyst. “[R]ight now there are only two races [Colorado and Minnesota] that actually have two challengers,” he said.
Other potential hot spots include Louisiana, Maine and Oregon, but there are no challengers yet.
Categories: Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, HotlineTV, Senate 2008
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Democrats are pointing fingers at Republicans this week for blocking a vote to stop a U.S. troop surge in Iraq, and the liberal activist group MoveOn.org is helping carry the Democratic water with a new advertisement that attacks various GOP senators.
“Remember their faces, remember their names — the Republicans in the United States Senate,” the MoveOn ad says as it shows images of various GOP senators with the word “escalate” superimposed by their mouths. “They’re willing to send tens of thousands more troops to face danger in Iraq, but they don’t have the courage to face a vote. Tell your senators: Stop the escalation.”
The ad specifically mentions:
- Sam Brownback of Kansas, a potential 2008 presidential candidate;
- Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina;
- Judd Gregg of New Hampshire;
- Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky;
- Gordon Smith of Oregon;
- Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania;
- John Sununu of New Hampshire;
- George Voinovich of Ohio;
- And John Warner of Virginia.
MoveOn also produced separate videos aimed at specific senators — Brownback, Smith, Sununu and Warner.
Categories: Virginia, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Producer's Picks, Iraq, Sen. Sam Brownback, Elizabeth Dole, Judd Gregg, Gordon Smith, John Sununu, George Voinovich, John Warner, Sam Brownback
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