
![]() Kansas City Star | Cost Impasse May Provoke Shorter Payroll Tax-Cut Extension BusinessWeek Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, said Republicans were wrong to insist on covering the cost of the payroll tax cut when they didn't require paying for extensions of the 2001 and 2003 income tax cuts, which included breaks for high ... Emergency Jobless Benefits Seen Slowing Payroll Tax-Cut Talks |
Carried Interest Debate in Spotlight Amid Romney Tax Release BusinessWeek Senator Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican, said regarding proposals to raise the tax on carried interest, “I don't think there's many economists would say that's a good idea right now.” “We've been having these arguments for a long time, ... |
![]() Roll Call (subscription) | Democrats Oppose Second Pay Freeze for Federal Employees Roll Call (subscription) Elijah Cummings (Md.) sent a letter Wednesday to members of the conference committee requesting them to spare federal workers from a longer pay freeze than is already in place. Seventeen House Democrats are asking conferees working to write a final ... |

