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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
House of Representatives has approved legislation that will preserve tax cuts for all Americans regardless of income, setting up an election-year standoff with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats. The measure approved Wednesday by a vote of...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
The House on Wednesday easily approved a one-year extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts set to expire in January, but in the Senate, presidential politics are complicating efforts to extend a tax credit for wind power. The House votes pitted a...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
House voted Wednesday to extend all current income tax rates and defeated a bill extending rates only on what Democrats called middle-class income. The Republican bill to extend all current rates for through 2013 -- formally known as the Job...
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Politico
| 11 months ago
The House proved on Wednesday, if there was any doubt, that the Bush-era tax cuts are as politically polarizing as ever. The Republican-controlled House passed legislation on a 256 to 171 vote that would extend the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts on...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Bush-era tax cuts at all income levels for another year, a pre-election statement of the GOP's unyielding opposition to raising taxes for any taxpayer. Th 256 to 171 vote to preserve tax cuts first enacted during the Bush administration and renewed...
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CNN
| 11 months ago
House on Wednesday took the opposite action on tax cuts as the Senate, rejecting a Democratic proposal championed by President Barack Obama to extend lower tax rates for middle-income Americans, and then passing a Republican plan to maintain the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
House Republicans voted to keep tax rates at their current level through next year, using one of their last votes before recessing for most of August to approve politically symbolic legislation that President Obama has vowed to veto. The vote...
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Fox
| 11 months ago
FoxNews.com The House approved the Republican plan Wednesday to extend all the Bush-era tax rates for a year, in another vote that served to put lawmakers on record over the issue but did not appear to bring Congress any closer to a deal...Only one...
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CNN
| 11 months ago
House on Wednesday took the opposite action on tax cuts as the Senate, rejecting a Democratic proposal championed by President Barack Obama to extend lower tax rates for middle-income Americans, and then passing a Republican plan to maintain the...
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Star Tribune
| 11 months ago
Republicans controlling the House have passed a bill to extend tax cuts due to expire Dec. President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies over whether to raise taxes on wealthier earners and people who inherit million dollar-plus estates. The GOP...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
FoxNews.com The House has rejected the Senate-approved plan to extend the Bush-era tax rates for families making less than $250,000 while letting them rise for top earners. In a 170-257 vote, the House knocked down the Democrat-backed bill and moved...
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USA Today
| 11 months ago
Democrats have lost a bid in the Republican-controlled House to increase taxes on high-income earners and on people who inherit million dollar-plus estates. The Democratic plan, which was backed by President Obama , fell to Republicans who insisted...
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The Hill
| 11 months ago
The remarks came during the heat of the highly partisan debate over how to approach a looming, end-of-the-year expiration of the Bush-era tax rates. Behind President Obama, Democrats want to extend the lower Bush rates only to annual taxable income...
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Arizona Republic
| 11 months ago
With the government speeding toward a year-end "fiscal cliff," Republicans pushed a House vote Wednesday on renewing tax cuts to prop up the national economy and the Obama administration warned that looming budget cuts could send troops into battle...
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The Tribune
| 11 months ago
Comparison of Senate Democratic, GOP tax cuts Comparison of Senate Democratic, GOP tax cuts A comparison of Democratic and Republican bills to extend expiring tax cuts through 2013 being debated by the Senate: Most would avoid higher taxes under Dem,...
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Politico
| 11 months ago
Top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee have struck a deal to extend billions of dollars in business and personal tax breaks in a rare sign that members from both parties can agree on at least some aspects of fiscal policy. The...
