Taxes Legislative Alerts
March 15, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
By: Nicole Kaeding On Wednesday, Senator Patty Murray released the first Senate Democratic budget in four years. Digging through the pages it’s obvious why the Senate has shirked its duty the past several years; Senate Democrats didn’t want to tell Americans just how much their plan for America costs and how much they want to [...]
March 15, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Taxes
By Christine Harbin This is the third in series of blog posts focusing on the federal budget proposals in Congress. The first post focused on Chairman Ryan’s plan, the second post focused on the Senate Democrats’ plan, and subsequent posts will focus important differences between the two plans. Although they have a few similarities, Chairman [...]
March 14, 2013 JTaxes, Health Care & Entitlements
By: Nicole Kaeding Advocates of Medicaid expansion are pushing a new argument to coerce states into acting. They claim that unless a state expands its employers will be subjected to increased tax penalties. Like so many things being said across the country regarding Medicaid, these statements are a misunderstanding of the complicated and complex health [...]
March 14, 2013 JTaxes, Energy & Environment
Americans for Prosperity is strongly opposed to the carbon tax proposal that currently circulating in Congress.
March 12, 2013 JTaxes
AFP is proud to join a conservative coalition in opposition to the Marketplace Fairness Act.