Washington, DC -  June 30, 2013 marks the fifth anniversary of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program, the current “temporary” Federal unemployment benefits program created in June 2008 under the Supplemental Appropriations Act, P.L. 110-252.  As that anniversary approaches, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ways and Means Human… Read more

By John C. Goodman and Laurence J. Kotlikoff Even before the latest Medicare trustees report came out at the end of May, the White House spin masters had already crafted a story to go with it. Medicare's finances have improved, we're being told. The trust fund will last longer. The unfunded liability is lower. One of the reasons is said to be ObamaCare. The core of the new… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) released the following statements in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) 30-day review of the practice of discriminating against applicants for tax-exempt status based on their personal beliefs. IRS Principal Deputy Commissioner Werfel will… Read more

   Tea Party Progressives  On a BOLO  Yes  Yes Had donors threatened  Yes  No evidence Had confidential information leaked … Read more

  By Kimberley A. Strassel A bipartisan backlash is growing against another section of President Obama's health-care law. The president can blame this latest embarrassment on none other than Secretary of State John Kerry. Everyone remember the origins of the so-called Affordable Care Act? The Cornhusker Kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, Gator-Aid, and other… Read more

We are meeting today to hear from the two public members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds on their 2013 report’s analysis regarding the current dire status of the Medicare program.   It’s important to understand the financial health and viability of the Medicare program if we are to ensure that the… Read more

Washington, DC – Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements upon this week's House passage of H.R. 1896, the “International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2013.”  The legislation which passed June 18 by a vote of 394-27, makes no-cost… Read more

Congressman Dave Camp, (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the agency’s 30-day review of the practice of discriminating against applicants for tax-exempt status based on their personal beliefs.  The hearing will take place on Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Room… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Committee Members wrote to President Obama urging the Administration to address several pressing trade and investment issues at the upcoming U.S.- India Strategic Dialogue (SD).  In the letter, the Members write, “[W]e have seen a disturbing trend in which India is turning… Read more

Good morning and welcome to our hearing on encouraging work in the Social Security disability insurance program.   The disability insurance program provides essential income security to people with disabilities and their families.  Over the past 40 years, changes in demographics, Federal policy, and the availability of jobs have driven a 300 percent increase in the number… Read more