The Obama Administration has made promise after promise that ObamaCare will be ready on October 1.  However, with last night’s blog posting by the Treasury Department announcing the delay of the employer mandate until 2015, the Administration has admitted once again that a key feature of their law is either unaffordable, unworkable – or both. What a difference a few weeks… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on the Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay the information reporting requirements and penalties associated with the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act until 2015.  This hearing will allow the Subcommittee to focus… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) announced visits to two separate businesses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area.  The visits are the first in a series of trips across the nation so the Chairmen of the two tax-writing committees can hear directly from… Read more

It’s been one year since the Supreme Court ruled ObamaCare is the law of the land.  Now, Americans are faced with the untenable choice of either paying more in new taxes or more for their insurance premiums.  Time has revealed the facts about ObamaCare and the results aren’t good – increased costs, losing the health insurance you have and like, new taxes for families and… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following comment on the release of legislative framework from the Energy and Commerce Committee to permanently fix the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula.  For over two and a half years, Camp and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) have closely collaborated to reform the current… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) along with Republican Members of the Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concerns about the readiness and ability of… Read more

It has been six weeks since the IRS first revealed that they were purposefully targeting conservative-leaning organizations.   This week, additional IRS documents revealed that the term “progressive,” along with others, were also included on the “Be On the Lookout” list – or the BOLO.  I want to make one thing clear, no taxpayer, regardless of political affiliation,… Read more

Washington, DC – A new letter from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) provides the following facts showing “progressive” groups did not face the same targeting by the IRS that tea party groups did. In the letter, TIGTA concludes: In its audit, TIGTA “reviewed all cases the IRS identified as potential political cases and did… Read more

  Treasury IG: Liberal groups weren't targeted by IRS like Tea Party Liberal groups seeking tax-exempt status faced less IRS scrutiny than Tea Party groups, according to the Treasury inspector general. Russell George, Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration, told Rep. Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) in… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the announcement that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are seeking input from their colleagues in the U.S. Senate on issues critical to advancing tax reform. “Today’s announcement by Chairman Baucus… Read more