Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demanding that the agency determine whether individuals whose names were included on donor lists improperly obtained by the IRS were then subject to audit. “The agency testified that donor lists were destroyed, when in fact those lists are still… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the House passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 15, 2013 that defunds ObamaCare.  Since 2011, Camp and House Republicans have repealed key provisions of the health care law and secured $55 billion in cuts to ObamaCare, which… Read more

  Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) issued the following statement praising a joint call by the RATE Coalition and the Coalition for Fair Effective Tax Rates to advance and pass comprehensive tax reform that makes today's broken tax code simpler and fairer for all job… Read more

  Congress's investigation into the IRS targeting of conservatives has been continuing out of the Syria headlines, and it's turning up news. Emails unearthed by the House Ways and Means Committee between former Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner and her staff raise doubts about IRS claims that the targeting… Read more

This isn't news the politicians want to broadcast, but federal tax revenue is booming. The latest monthly Congressional Budget Office review released Monday reports that, for the 11 months of the fiscal year through August, revenue is up $284 billion or 13% from a year earlier. We're guessing that's bigger than your raise… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the statement below on the passing of former Congressman Clay Shaw, Jr. (R-FL).  Shaw was a long-time member of the Ways and Means Committee, chairing three of its subcommittees: Human Resources, Social Security and Trade.  Among his many legislative accomplishments, Chairman Shaw led the… Read more

  WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) met today with family farmers and local business leaders in Memphis, Tennessee, to talk about the critical need to overhaul the nation’s tax code in order to boost its fairness, reduce complexity and improve the economy.… Read more

Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) will make the fourth stop on their national tax reform tour Monday, September 9, in Memphis, Tennessee.     The visit to Memphis will begin with a kitchen table conversation at the Sullivan Family Farm, where Chairmen Baucus and Camp will… Read more

Every American finds dealing with the IRS to be an intimidating experience. That is why recent revelations that the IRS is targeting certain groups with extra scrutiny and harassment, simply because of their political beliefs, is cause for great concern. While President Barack Obama and his supporters have called these actions a “phony scandal,” it only gets worse as more evidence comes… Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) visited the Silicon Valley area today as part of their nationwide tour to make the tax code simpler and fairer for individuals and job creators.  The tax-writing chairmen visited two high-tech sector businesses: Square, a San… Read more