Last week, the Obama Administration took action to dismantle the work requirement that was central to the success of the bipartisan 1996 welfare reforms.  As the data below shows, that action will undo policies that have led to more work and earnings and less welfare dependence and poverty among low-income Americans.   Since the work-based 1996 welfare… Read more

Washington, DC - Despite a weak economy and lackluster job numbers, President Obama continues to call for tax increases on small businesses, the engine of job creation.  A new report released today by Ernst & Young finds the President’s tax increases will hurt the economy and cost more than 700,000 American jobs.   In response to the report, Ways and Means… Read more

The headline of an Associated Press article this morning tells Americans everything they need to know about how President Obama and the Democrats who control Washington feel about taxes: “Democrats willing to risk tax hike for all.”   What does their recklessness mean for the American people?  According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, the willingness of Democrats to… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in reaction to the President’s call to raise taxes: “Republicans have called for a fairer, flatter and simpler tax code that lowers rates, gets rid of lobbyist loopholes and creates more economic growth and jobs.  The President is simply calling for higher taxes on families,… Read more

WASHINGTON – Can the Internal Revenue Service police President Obama's health care mandate while simultaneously collecting all the taxes for running the federal government? The question is being renewed in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision upholding most of the 2010 Affordable Care Act as a tax issue rather than one of interstate commerce. Nearly 2½ years before taxpayers… Read more

The Obama Administration seems to have amnesia.  Less than a week ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate is constitutional and noted that the basis for the ruling was an argument put forth by the Obama Administration: that the individual mandate is a tax.  However, at least twice over the last week, the Obama Administration has seemed to deny the “it’s a… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), a member of the joint U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate conference committee on the Highway Bill, issued the following statement regarding House action the legislation.  The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 373-52: This bill helps to provide the… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), a member of the joint U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate conference committee on the Highway Bill, made the following statement after signing the conference agreement: “Ensuring that states, cities and towns have the resources and certainty necessary to meet their infrastructure needs is… Read more

The Supreme Court’s health care ruling leaves in place 21 tax increases enacted as part of that law.  A dozen of these, marked with an asterisk (*) below, target Americans earning less than $200,000 per year for singles and $250,000 per year for married couples.  This is a clear violation of the President’s pledge to avoid tax hikes on low- and middle-income taxpayers. … Read more

*UPDATE: NEW TIME* Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on how certain welfare and tax programs… Read more