Tax Policy - Human Needs Report Archives
2012
Congress Up Against Deadline to Extend Unemployment Insurance and Payroll Tax Cut (2/6/12)
2011
Congress Not Anxious to Raise Working Families' Taxes in January (12/16/11) Closer to the Brink in Order to Save Tax Cuts for the Rich (7/15/11) Deficit Reduction Negotiations Intensify; Deal Sought by July 1 (6/17/11) House Rules Biased Toward More Tax Cuts; Burden of Deficit Reduction Placed on Cutting Programs-Senate Still Working on Changes (1/14/11)
2010
The Wealthiest Hold 98% of Americans Hostage to Gain Billions in the Tax Deal Unemployment Insurance is Extended, but the Cost is High (12/22/10) Congress Returns to Lame-Duck Session Facing Full Plate of Unfinished Business (11/29/10) Action on Expiring Tax Cuts Delayed (10/5/10) Showdown on Taxes Looms (8/11/10) Senate Committee Passes Budget with Tight Restraints on Spending (4/26/10)
2009
Congress Fails to Extend the Estate Tax (12/23/09) House Passes Estate and Extender Tax Bills (12/11/09)
2008
Child Tax Credit Improvement Enacted in Financial Rescue Bill (10/9/08) Senate Fails to Move Tax Legislation (8/5/08) House-Passed Child Tax Credit Will Help 13 Million Low-Income Children; Senate Tax Bills at a Standstill (7/1/08) Senate Rejects Bill With Child Tax Credit Improvements (6/13/08) Improvements in Low-Income Tax Credits in House Bill (5/23/08) Congress Finalizes Economic Stimulus Package (2/15/08) Action on the Stimulus Package Delayed in the Senate (2/1/08)
2007
AMT Passes – Child Tax Credit Left Behind (12/21/07) Child Tax Credit Improvement in House AMT Bill (11/13/07) Comprehensive Tax Reform Bill Introduced (10/29/07) Congress Considers Addressing Gaping Tax Loophole (8/3/07) Low Income Tax Credit Improvements Being Considered (5/18/07)
2006
Tax Extenders Bill Serves as Vehicle for Other Provisions (12/19/06) Congress Delays Action on Taxes (10/04/06) Pension Bill Makes Permanent the Saver's Credit (8/7/06) Good Sense 1; Greed 0 (8/7/06) Ominous Estate Tax Legislation Passes the House and Awaits Senate Action (7/6/06) Estate Tax Repeal Averted – Threats Still Loom 6/16/06 Tax Cut Reconciliation Bill Passes - More Tax Cuts To Come (5/19/06) Estate Tax Repeal on the Senate Agenda (5/19/06) Tax Reconciliation Bill – Paid for in Part with Yet Another Tax Cut for the Rich (5/05/06) GOP Senate Budget Resolution Squeaks Through, 51-49; Floor Action Rejects Some of the Cuts in Human Needs Services (3/17/06) More Than 1,200 Groups Nationwide Sign Letter To Congress Opposing Budget Cuts (3/17/06) GOP Leaders Hope to Jump Procedural Hurdles to Extend Tax Breaks (2/17/06) Senate Passes More Tax Breaks (2/3/06)
2005
More Tax Breaks for Wealthy Approved by Congress (12/9/05) Key Moderate Senator Forces Delay on Bill Cutting Taxes for Wealthy (11/11/05) House Presses for Even Larger Cuts to Low-Income Services (10/14/05) Estate Tax Vote Postponed (9/16/05) Washington Focuses on Aiding Gulf Coast Families (9/16/05) s Estate Tax Vote in Senate - Not If, But When (7/22/05) Congress Ponders Multiple Tax Cuts (5/20/05) Reconciliation Instructions Put Human Needs Programs at Risk (5/20/05) Congress Approves a Final Budget Resolution (4/29/05) Budget Conference Committee to Contemplate Deep Cuts to Human Needs Programs (4/15/05) House Votes to Permanently Repeal Estate Tax; Multi-Millionaires to Benefit (4/15/05) FY 2006 Budget Resolutions Clear House, Senate Floor (4/1/05) House and Senate Budget Committees Pass Budget Resolutions for FY 2006 (3/11/05) Deep Cuts in President's Budget; Committees Ready to Act (2/25/05)
2004 Congress Passes Yet Another Tax Cut - Future Generations To Pick Up Tab (10/1/04) Senate and House Leadership Look to Pass More Tax Breaks - Still Not Paid For (7/16/04) House Passes Child Tax Credit Legislation (5/21/04) Tax Cutting Agenda Moves Forward (5/7/04) CBO Releases New Report Revealing Significant Federal Deficits (1/30/04)
2003
Child Tax Credit Compromise Not Reached; Democrats, Advocates Keep Up Pressure (7/18/03) Tax Credit For Low-Income Children Stymied (6/23/03) Senate Passes Bill To Change Inequalities In Child Tax Credit (6/6/03) Tax Bill Gets Final Approval In Congress (5/23/03) IRS Proposes Restrictive Changes To Earned Income Tax Credit (5/23/03) Tax Cut Legislation Moves Through GOP-Controlled Congress (5/9/03) Congress Approves Unusual Budget Resolution (4/14/03) Senate Budget Resolution Slashes New Tax Cut (3/27/03) Opposition to Bush "Stimulus" Plan Grows (1/31/03) Bush Proposes $674 Billion "Economic Stimulus" Package (1/17/03)
2002
House Considers Education Tax-Break Measure (9/13/02) CBO Forecast Revises Deficit Up and Surplus Down (9/13/02) Finance Committee Passes Amended Version of CARE Act (6/21/02) Republicans Fall Short on Estate Tax (6/21/02) House Passes Permanent Repeal of the Estate Tax (6/7/02) House Approves $2.1 Trillion Budget Resolution (3/29/02) Scaled-Down Stimulus Package Becomes Law (3/15/02) Daschle Tries to Revamp Economic Stimulus Debate (2/1/02) Budget Surpluses Vanish (2/1/02)
2001
Negotiations Begin on Economic Stimulus Package (12/7/01) Senate Committee Narrowly Passes Economic Stimulus Bill (11/9/01) House Passes Economic Stimulus Bill (10/26/01) Economic Stimulus Package Negotiations Continue (10/12/01) House and Senate Pass Airline Bailout, Economic Stimulus Next (9/28/01) Congress Passes FY 2002 Budget Resolution (5/14/01) Tax Cut Train Rolls Forward in the House (March 2001) House Passes Income Tax Rate Reduction Bill (March 2001)
