“This is about tax fairness for families in states that don’t impose a state income tax,” said U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady of Texas, a senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee who helped restore the deduction in 2004. “If taxpayers in income-tax states can deduct their state and local taxes, so should residents of sales tax states.”
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The benefits from Fed’s monetary stimulus have clearly run their course while the risks going forward mount. So today’s FOMC decision to maintain its current policy of monetary ease is disappointing.
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On the anniversary of the controversial 1973 Supreme Court case legalizing abortion in America, the U.S. House of Representatives acted to ensure tax dollars are not used to end a baby’s life by passing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act.
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“I predict the President’s stale, outdated demands for higher taxes won’t create a single new job, grow the paycheck of even one middle class family or help one more college graduate start their career. We need to focus on growing our local economy, not Washington’s."
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Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Department of Homeland Security bill that funds border security at its highest level in history and stops President Obama’s controversial executive order expanding amnesty
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“Real working-class Americans have seen their hours cut and paychecks shrink since ObamaCare redefined full-time as 30 hours instead of the traditional 40 hour work week. The Save American Workers Act reverses one of the worst provisions of ObamaCare and gives many Americans the opportunity to bring more money home. Until we can fully repeal ObamaCare, I’m going to keep working to dismantle it, piece by piece.”
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Washington, DC – After being sworn in as the 114th Congress, members of the U.S. House of Representatives went directly to work, passing the Hire More Heroes Act. “I've never been more excited to be a member of Congress and our first day back is a great example of why the next two years will be different," said Texas Congressman Kevin Brady, Chairman of the Ways & Means Health Subcommittee. "The first thing we did was pass the Hire More Heroes Act, which circumvents a harmful ObamaCare rule and ...
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“This is all about a unified Republican Congress challenging the President’ s immigration amnesty early next year on our turf, under our rules. This gives us a much better shot at ending it,”
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Israel’s strength is key to calming relations in the Middle East and America should never falter in offering our ally the resources they need to protect their people and promote the shining light of democracy and freedom so needed in that troubled region.
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