Under the House-passed payroll tax cut bill, an American worker earning $50,000 next year is 100 percent certain to receive a $1,000 payroll tax cut.  By comparison, the legislation passed by the Senate on Saturday would grant only a $167 payroll tax cut to the same worker.  Despite Senate Democrats’ insistence that they will work to extend the payroll tax cut beyond February of… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the announced retirement of fellow Committee member Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) at the end of the 112th Congress.   “Geoff is a personal friend, a trusted colleague and a distinguished veteran of America’s military.  Geoff is a true citizen – having given back… Read more

There are four important facts everyone should know about The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act: It will strengthen our economy and help get Americans back to work by lowering that tax burden for middle class families and job providers alike. It prevents massive cuts to doctors working in the Medicare program to protect America’s seniors and those with… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sponsor of H.R. 3630, The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act, released the following statement upon the bill’s passage: “Today’s vote is a vote to help families, employers and the unemployed – all of whom are continuing to struggle in this economy.   In addition to providing a one-year payroll tax… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced H.R. 3630, The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act.  The legislation extends a number of provisions scheduled to expire at the end of the year and includes fully paid-for extensions of the payroll tax holiday and a reformed unemployment insurance program, along with a two-year freeze on cuts to… Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced a hearing series on Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Program.  The first hearing of the series will focus on the history of the disability insurance program, the income security it provides and its financing… Read more

The Social Security Disability Insurance program has been the source of great debate both before and since its cash benefit program was signed into law in 1956 by then President Dwight D. Eisenhower.   Soon after Social Security was established in law in 1935, serious discussion emerged whether to expand the program to workers who became permanently and totally disabled before age… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Republicans, led by Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), sent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro a letter inquiring into the general oversight and effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) representative payee program.  A representative payee is appointed when a Social… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Republicans sent Social Security Administration (SSA) Inspector General Patrick O’Carroll a letter requesting an investigation into a report by the Wall Street Journal disclosing intentional agency delays in deciding thousands of disability claims. Due to a quirk in the fiscal year (FY) 2011 calendar, SSA employees’ inaction was reportedly intended… Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and U.S. Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, announced today that the Subcommittees will hold a joint oversight hearing on work incentives in Social Security disability programs.  The… Read more