Topic: U.S. House Committee On Ways And Means

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EDUCATION. Elmendorf Ryan has been hired by Apollo Group Inc. to lobby on “issues relating to financial aid for higher education and gainful ...

Committee Votes Down Mass Transit Bill

The House Ways and Means Committee has rejected a bill calling for a referendum on mass transit in two Indiana counties. The proposal would have...

Mass Transit Proposal Defeated

A bill that would have brought comprehensive mass transit to central Indiana was voted down in an Indiana House Ways and Means Committee hearing...

Insider: A way to restore some social funds

After cuts to the state's social safety net, from health care to welfare, newly minted state Sen. Judy Burges, R-Sun City, proposes a way to...
ADVERTISEMENT WASHINGTON-The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday voted to kill a health care reform law provision that would set up a ...

Senate eyes advisers' tax strategies

Lawmakers considering tax reforms turned their focus last week to the implications that changes could have on financial products. . "Financial...
Harry Truman is famous for, among other things, the sign on his desk proclaiming that "The Buck Stops Here."Buck passing, not stopping, is an area...
The good news from the Labor Department Friday was that 80,000 new jobs were added to the economy last month. The bad news is that it was only...

Tax juggling on Capitol Hill

In surveying recent happenings on Capitol Hill, I'm reminded of the Flying Karamazov Brothers. When I first saw these guys, which happened to be...
When debt is mentioned, most of us right now think of how deep a hole the United States is in, thanks to the continuing coverage (this blog...