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2011
USA Today: IRS: 1,470 Millionaires Paid No Income Tax in '09 (8/8/11) HNR: Closer to the Brink in Order to Save Tax Cuts for the Rich (7/15/11) Circle of Protection Endorsement Letter (6/30/11) Citizens for Tax Justice: Number of High Income Taxpayers Who Owe Nothing in Income Taxes Just Doubled (6/29/11) The Washington Post: Obama Urges Republicans to Agree to Tax Increases, Wrap Up Deal on Debt (6/29/11) HNR: Deficit Reduction Negotiations Intensify; Deal Sought by July 1 (6/17/11) EPI: Tenth Anniversary of the Bush-Era Tax Cuts (6/1/11) CTJ: Obama Blasts Ryan Budget Plan (4/15/11) CAP: Paul Ryan's Middle Class Tax Hike (4/5/11) HNR: House Rules Biased Toward More Tax Cuts; Burden of Deficit Reduction Placed on Cutting Programs-Senate Still Working on Changes (1/14/11)
2010
HNR: 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) Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim in the Huffington Post: House Democrats To Push to Equalize Tax Cuts for the Wealthy and Unemployment Extension [UPDATE: Resolution Not Brought to a Vote] (12/14/10) Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein in the Huffington Post: The Economy - and the Unemployed - Held Hostage (12/8/10) CHN: Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Support for Middle Class Tax Relief Act (12/2/10) HNR: Congress Returns to Lame-Duck Session Facing Full Plate of Unfinished Business (11/29/10) Op-ed by Sheriff Lee Baca in Politico: Will Child Poverty Raise Crime Rate? (11/23/10) The Hill: Pushing on a String: Why Tax Breaks for the Rich Won't Help (11/22/10) Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein in the Huffington Post: Michelle Bachmann's Very Bad Choice: Extending Tax Cuts for the Rich While Ending Unemployment Insurance for the Jobless (11/18/10) Americans for Responsible Taxes Press Statement: Eighty Groups Ask Congress to Pass Permanent Tax Relief for Middle Class; Extend Unemployment Benefits Through 2011 (11/19/10) Children’s Advocates Write to Congress About Urgent Children’s Economic Security Needs (11/16/10) Op-ed by Terry Kendrick and Cindy Weese in the Missoulian: Congress Needs to Support Family Tax Relief (10/11/10) HNR: Action on Expiring Tax Cuts Delayed (10/5/10) HNR: Showdown on Taxes Looms (8/11/10) Over 1,100 Organizations Send Congress Letter in Support of Refundable Tax Credits (6/21/10) CTJ: Douglas Holtz-Eakin Peddles Myths About the Bush Tax Cuts (7/16/10) HNR: Senate Committee Passes Budget with Tight Restraints on Spending (4/26/10) Rock Hill Herald: Push to Expand Child Tax Credits Aims at Youth Crime (4/8/10) Rock Hill Herald: South Carolina Law Enforcement Back Child Tax Credit to Cut Crime (4/7/10)
2009
HNR: Congress Fails to Extend the Estate Tax (12/23/09) HNR: House Passes Estate and Extender Tax Bills (12/11/09)Dozens of National Organizations Sign Letter Voicing Support for the Progressive Revenue Sources Included in the House Health Bill (7/23/09) CTJ: House Surcharge Proposal Unlikely to Have Noticeable Impact on Small Businesses (7/21/09) The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Nonprofit Groups Urge Taxing the Wealthy to Help Finance Health Plan (7/9/09) Op-ed by Deborah Weinstein in the Huffington Post: Responsible Revenues are the Key to Lasting Health Reform (7/7/09) Hundreds of Organizations from Across the Country Sign Statement in Support of Fair Taxation (7/7/09) National organizations sign letter to Senate to prevent billions in lost revenue (3/30/09) Over 750 organizations from across the country urge Congress to adopt the Child Tax Credit provision in the House economic recovery bill (2/9/09)
2008
HNR: Child Tax Credit Improvement Enacted in Financial Rescue Bill (10/9/08) HNR: Senate Fails to Move Tax Legislation (8/5/08) Over 1,100 organizations from across the country urge Congress to pass Child Tax Credit improvements! (7/15/08) HNR: House-Passed Child Tax Credit Will Help 13 Million Low-Income Children; Senate Tax Bills at a Standstill (7/2/08) HNR: Senate Rejects Bill With Child Tax Credit Improvements (6/13/08) HNR: Improvements in Low-Income Tax Credits in House Bill (5/23/08) HNR: Congress Finalizes Economic Stimulus Package (2/15/08) HNR: Action on the Stimulus Package Delayed in the Senate (2/1/08)
2007
HNR: AMT Passes – Child Tax Credit Left Behind (12/21/07) HNR: Child Tax Credit Improvement in House AMT Bill (11/13/07) HNR: Comprehensive Tax Reform Bill Introduced (10/29/07) HNR: Congress Considers Addressing Gaping Tax Loophole (8/3/07) HNR: Low Income Tax Credit Improvements Being Considered (6/1/07) Nearly 900 organizations sign letter to Congress in Support of Expanding Tax Credits for the Poor (5/25/07) Bishops send letter to Congress in Support of Strengthening CTC & EITC (5/21/07) CHN: Tax Day Thoughts & Actions (4/12/07) NPP: Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go? (4/5/07)
2006
HNR: Tax Extenders Bill Serves as Vehicle for Other Provisions (12/19/06) CTJ: The Bush Tax Cuts: Is Your State Better Off? (10/10/06) HNR: Congress Delays Action on Taxes (10/04/06) CBPP: Tax Cuts: Myths and Realities (9/27/06) The Mountain Mail: Estate Tax Helps American Dream (9/28/06)
CBPP: Combined Effect of Senate Proposals Would Be to Finance Near-Repeal of the Estate Tax with Cuts in Medicare, Veterans Benefits, School Lunches, and Other Programs (8/9/06) Since Last Minimum Wage Increase, Congress Has Reduced Estate Tax Burdens Nine Times If No Further Action Is Taken, Estate Tax Exemption Will Still Increase by 2009 While Value of Minimum Wage Will Continue to Fall in Programs for Middle- and Low-Income Households(8/3/06) Latest Data on Minimum Wage Workers and Taxable Estates, by State (8/4/06) HNR: Pension Bill Makes Permanent the Saver's Credit (8/7/06) HNR: Common Sense 1; Greed 0 (8/7/06) Economist and CHN Treasurer Jared Bernstein: The Day the System Worked (8/4/06) CHN: The Sneak Attack on Restaurant Workers (8/1/06) CBPP: President's Claim that Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves Refuted (7/27/06) HNR: Ominous Estate Tax Legislation Passes the House and Awaits Senate Action (7/6/06) HNR: Estate Tax Repeal Averted – Threats Still Loom (6/16/06) CBPP: The High Cost of Estate Tax Repeal (6/5/06) AFET: Over 740 Organizations Tell the Senate Not to Repeal the Estate Tax (6/1/06) HNR: Estate Tax Repeal on the Senate Agenda (5/19/06) HNR: Tax Cut Reconciliation Bill Passes - More Tax Cuts To Come (5/19/06) HNR: Tax Reconciliation Bill – Paid for in Part with Yet Another Tax Cut for the Rich (5/05/06) WP: Op-Ed: Comprehensive Tax Code Overhaul Is Overdue (4/26/06) WP Op-Ed: Paying for Tax Cuts for the Wealthy with . . . More Tax Cuts for the Wealthy! (4/17/06) NY Times: Big Gains Seen for the Rich in Tax Cuts for Investments (4/5/06) HNR: GOP Senate Budget Resolution Squeaks Through, 51-49; Floor Action Rejects Some of the Cuts in Human Needs Services (3/17/06) HNR: More Than 1,200 Groups Nationwide Sign Letter To Congress Opposing Budget Cuts (3/17/06) WP Editorial: Undynamic Analysis (2/21/06) (tax cuts do not pay for themselves) WP Op-ed: Trillion Dollar Gimmick: Extending Bush's Tax Cuts Through Sleight of Hand (2/19/06) HNR: GOP Leaders Hope to Jump Procedural Hurdles to Extend Tax Breaks (2/17/06) HNR: House Cuts $38.8 Billion from Budget; Slashes Health Care, Student Loans, Child Support and Help for People with Disabilities (2/3/06) HNR: State of the Union Address Foreshadows Fiscal 2007 Budget Proposals (2/3/06) HNR: Senate Passes More Tax Breaks for Wealthy (2/3/06) Boston Globe: Tax Cut Left-Overs (1/2/06)
2005
HNR: More Tax Breaks for Wealthy Approved by Congress (12/9/05) HNR: Key Moderate Senator Forces Delay on Bill Cutting Taxes for Wealthy (11/11/05) American Prospect: President's Tax Panel Recommendation Targets Upper Class (11/7/05) NYTimes Ed: The Best Hope for Fiscal Sanity (11/8/05) NYTimes Ed: How Colorado Got Its Government Back [on Taxpayer Bill of Rights] (11/3/05) NY Times: Tax Panel Urges Big Cut In Mortgage Deduction (11/2/05) WP: Panel Recommends Major Tax Overhaul (11/1/05) WP: Presidential Panel's Tax Plans Meet Criticism (10/19/05) HNR: House Presses for Even Larger Cuts to Low-Income Services (10/14/05) NYTimes: Tax Panel Says Popular Breaks Should Be Cut (10/12/05) NYTimes Editorial: Tax Cuts are Not the Priority (10/10/05) HNR: Conservatives Continue to Press for Cuts to Low-Income Services and New Tax Breaks for Wealthy (9/30/05) HNR: Estate Tax Vote Postponed (9/16/05) HNR: Reconciliation Delayed: Congress Puts Off Cuts to Food Stamps and Medicaid (9/16/05) American Prospect: C onservatives Try Again To Bury The Estate Tax (8/25/05) NYTimes: Death Tax? Double Tax? For Most, It's No Tax (8/15/05) NY Times: The State of the Estate Tax (8/8/05) WP: Estate Tax Myths (7/24/05) HNR: Estate Tax Vote in Senate - Not If, But When (7/22/05) WP Op-Ed: In Defense of Success: Government Really Can Lessen Poverty (7/19/05) NY Times Op-Ed: Un-Spin the Budget (7/11/05) NY Times: Few Farmers Owe Estate Tax, CBO Says (7/10/05) NY Times Editorial: Some Estate Tax Compromise Proposals Are As Bad As Full Repeal (6/21/05) HNR: Social Security Pro-Privatization Forces Divided on Strategy (6/17/05) HNR: Reconciliation Instructions Put Human Needs Programs at Risk (5/20/05) HNR: Congress Approves a Final Budget Resolution (4/29/05) WP: GOP Leaders Reach Budget Deal (4/28/05) WP Editorial: Worse Than No Budget (4/28/05) WP: The "Death Tax" Divide (4/24/05) NYT: Critics Are Silent on Loss of Estate Tax (4/24/05) HNR: House Votes to Permanently Repeal Estate Tax; Multi-Millionaires to Benefit (4/15/05) HNR: Budget Conference Committee to Contemplate Deep Cuts to Human Needs Programs (4/15/05) WP Op-Ed: The Paris Hilton Tax Cut (4/12/05) WP Editorial: The Rich Get Richer (4/11/05) HNR: FY 2006 Budget Resolutions Clear House, Senate Floor (4/1/05) WP Op-Ed: To Trump Bush on Taxes (3/15/05) NYTimes Editorial: Mr. Bush's Stealthy Tax Increase (3/13/05) HNR: House and Senate Committees Pass Budget Resolutions for FY 2006 (3/11/05) HNR: Deep Cuts in the President's Budget; Committees Ready to Act (2/25/05) WP Op-Ed: Two Tax Cuts Not Yet in Effect Benefit Only the Wealthy, Should be Repealed (2/22/05)
2004
HNR: Congress Passes Yet Another Tax Cut - Future Generations to Pick Up Tab (10/1/04) WP Editorial: Another Bad Tax Bill (9/21/04) HNR: Senate and House Leadership Look to Pass More Tax Breaks - Still Not Paid For (7/19/04) HNR: House Rejects Dangerous Budget Process Bill (7/2/04) HNR: Budget Process Bill Endangers Services for Seniors, Families and Others (6/7/04) HNR: House Passes Child Tax Credit Legislation (5/21/04) WP Editorial: Leave No Rich Child Behind (5/19/04) HNR: Tax Cutting Agenda Moves Forward (5/7/04) HNR: Why No Budget Resolution This Year is Not Such a Bad Idea (5/7/04) HNR: Still No Budget Resolution - But Tax Cuts Moving Forward in the House (4/23/04) HNR: House, Senate Unable To Agree On Budget Before Recess (4/9/04)
2003 HNR: Child Tax Credit Compromise Not Reached; Advocates Keep Up Pressure (7/18/03) HNR: Tax Credit For Low-Income Children Stymied (6/23/03) HNR: Senate Passes Bill To Change Inequalities In Child Tax Credit (6/6/03) HNR: Tax Bill Gets Final Approval In Congress (5/23/03) HNR: IRS Proposes Restrictive Changes To Earned Income Tax Credit (5/23/03) HNR: Tax Cut Legislation Moves Through GOP-Controlled Congress (5/9/03) HNR: Congress Approves Unusual Budget Resolution (4/14/03) HNR: Senate Budget Resolution Slashes New Tax Cut (3/27/03) HNR: Opposition to Bush "Stimulus" Plan Grows (1/31/03) HNR: Bush Proposes $674 Billion "Economic Stimulus" Package (1/17/03) => Back to Tax Policy Main Page
