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CTJ Report: Extenders Bill is a Wasteful Corporate Giveaway
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December 5, 2014

[Editor’s note: This post was originally published on the Tax Justice Blog, a project of Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, on Dec. 4. For additional information on the tax extenders bill, see CHN’s recent post, “Congress Almost Serves Up a Turkey of a...

Head Smacker: House Extremists Waste Precious Time on Bill to Harm Millions of Immigrants
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December 4, 2014

In his prime-time address announcing his executive action on immigration, President Obama challenged Congress – particularly those who oppose his action – to “pass a bill.” Today, the House took up that challenge. Unfortunately, they didn’t vote on the comprehensive immigration bill the Senate passed with strong bipartisan support well...

Fact of the Week: Cash Assistance Programs Help Children, Even into Adulthood
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December 2, 2014

As I was getting ready for work one day last month, I heard a story on NPR that caught my attention. It caught the attention of my boss, Deborah Weinstein, too, and we talked about it shortly after we both arrived at work that morning. The story involved NPR’s Shankar...

Congress Almost Serves Up a Turkey of a Tax Bill…But President Obama Gives it the Bird
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November 27, 2014

While many of us were getting ready for guests or to travel to family, reports surfaced that Senate Majority Leader Reid and some of his colleagues were working out a deal with House tax-writers to extend about $450 billion in tax cuts that would otherwise expire at the end of...

Fact of the Week: Child Homelessness at Historic High in U.S.
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November 26, 2014

Imagine an elementary school classroom with roughly 30 kids in it, seated at their desks. Pick out and focus on one kid until you can see his or her face. Now imagine that kid is homeless. And not just that kid, but a kid just like him or her in...

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