Jan 02 How Will Your Take-Home Pay Change? The Tax Policy Center has projected a percent change from 2012 levels in after-tax income. This projection includes many of the major components of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center said… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch Divided House Republicans Stall Vote on Storm Relief Aid for Sandy Victims Divided House Republicans Stall Vote on Storm Relief Aid for Sandy Victims… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch How Congress Passed a Plan to Avoid the 'Fiscal Cliff' Congress stepped back from the brink of financial turmoil after the House passed a tax plan that included the expiration of payroll tax breaks for all and the extension of Bush-era tax cuts for most. Judy Woodruff talks to Roll… Continue watching
Jan 02 Barney Frank: How Smart Is Congress? By Paul Solman // In an exit interview that aired on PBS NewsHour Dec. 26, economic correspondent Paul Solman spoke with Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who plans to retire from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. Watch this… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch Barney Frank: How Smart Is Congress? Barney Frank: How Smart Is Congress?… Continue watching
Jan 02 Despite Deal, Taxes to Rise for Most Americans WASHINGTON (AP) -- While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That's because the… Continue reading
Jan 01 House Passes Deal; Fiscal Cliff Averted ( {"video_url": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTsan91Yy40"} ) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Obama Praises House Vote on Fiscal Cliff Obama Praises House Vote on Fiscal Cliff… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Sen.-elect Deb Fischer on Spending, Gun Control and Bipartisanship Sen.-elect Deb Fischer on Spending, Gun Control and Bipartisanship… Continue watching