en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/tax/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_republicans_block_windfal/ Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming. GOP senators shoved news politics 2008-06-11 08:19:43 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_republicans_block_windfal/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/309099966/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Shocking [19] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_republicans_block_windfal/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/al_franken_to_pay_17_states_7000/ Senate candidate Al Franken, dogged by accusations that he failed to file tax returns in California, said Tuesday he will pay about $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states dating to 2003. Most of the income at issue was from speeches and other paid appe news politics 2008-04-30 08:19:26 http://www.newsique.com/politics/al_franken_to_pay_17_states_7000/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/30/franken.taxes.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/al_franken_to_pay_17_states_7000/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_changes_his_tune_on_taxes/ Prescient warnings Indeed, many of his warnings from those years have come to pass. Numerous expiration dates on those tax cuts, designed to hold down the cost to the Treasury, proved to be just the "gimmicks" he said they were, as Congress extended th news politics 2008-04-25 08:22:21 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_changes_his_tune_on_taxes/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24305534/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [11] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/mccain_changes_his_tune_on_taxes/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_to_announce_7b_jobs_plan/ Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing $7 billion a year in tax incentives to encourage U.S. companies not to ship jobs overseas. At an economic summit in Pittsburgh on Wednesday organized by her presidential campaign, the former first lady was e news politics 2008-04-02 08:16:50 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_to_announce_7b_jobs_plan/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/262415822/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_to_announce_7b_jobs_plan/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_torpedos_bush_tax_cuts/ The Senate rejected calls from both parties’ presidential candidates to take an election-year break from pork-barrel spending as a Democratic-run Congress passed budget plans that would torpedo hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts won by Presiden news politics 2008-03-14 08:15:20 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_torpedos_bush_tax_cuts/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23612342/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_torpedos_bush_tax_cuts/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_wont_accept_health_bill_wit/ President Bush told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he will not agree to legislation expanding children's health insurance if it includes a tobacco tax increase, a decision that virtually ensures a renewed veto struggle with the Democratic-controlled Cong news politics 2007-10-31 08:13:25 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_wont_accept_health_bill_wit/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/31/childrens.health.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_wont_accept_health_bill_wit/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/evidence_of_tax_evasion_by_black/ New documents suggest that Blackwater may have engaged in significant tax evasion, failing to withhold and pay millions of dollars in Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, and related taxes, and sought to conceal its conduct from Congress and law enfor news politics 2007-10-22 21:57:23 http://www.newsique.com/politics/evidence_of_tax_evasion_by_black/ oversight.house.gov http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1562 Important [10] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/evidence_of_tax_evasion_by_black/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_i_make_a_lot_of_decisions/ Give the man a microphone and he'll talk about anything. For 76 minutes, President Bush prowled the stage Wednesday in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, giving a speech and answering questions about everything from his opposition to tax increases t news politics 2007-10-07 00:10:04 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_i_make_a_lot_of_decisions/ www.miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/692/story/259307.html Funny [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_i_make_a_lot_of_decisions/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/democrats_propose_tax_surcharge_/ Three senior House Democrats proposed an income tax surcharge Tuesday to finance the approximately $150 billion annual cost of operations in Iraq, saying it is unfair to pass the cost of the war onto future generations. The plan, unveiled by Reps. Davi news politics 2007-10-02 20:03:40 http://www.newsique.com/politics/democrats_propose_tax_surcharge_/ Google Associated Press http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQ6MiELLp8fFhwGT9y-Ri-p6o6QwD8S16LD80 http://www.newsique.com/sources/google_ap/ 100 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/democrats_propose_tax_surcharge_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_tax_plan_80_billion_in_cut/ Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed overhauling the tax code to lower taxes for the poor and middle class, increase them for the rich and make it so most Americans can file their taxes in five minutes. The tax relief plan he envisions for the middle news politics 2007-09-19 09:48:07 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_tax_plan_80_billion_in_cut/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/18/obama.taxplan/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [12] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_tax_plan_80_billion_in_cut/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_may_try_to_cut_corporate_ta/ President Bush said yesterday that he is considering a fresh plan to cut tax rates for U.S. corporations to make them more competitive around the world, an initiative that could further inflame a battle with the Democratic Congress over spending and taxes news politics 2007-08-09 08:15:00 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_may_try_to_cut_corporate_ta/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080802468.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Interesting [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_may_try_to_cut_corporate_ta/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/buffett_offers_clinton_economic_/ Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton was all ears at a fundraiser Tuesday evening when famed billionaire investor Warren Buffett suggested ramping up the tax code on big businesses and the super rich. The Berkshire Hathaway (Charts, Fortune 500) news politics 2007-06-27 14:08:19 http://www.newsique.com/politics/buffett_offers_clinton_economic_/ CNN http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/26/news/newsmakers/clinton_buffett/index.htm?postversion=2007062700 http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/buffett_offers_clinton_economic_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_opposes_pay_raise_for_troop/ he Bush White House has declared that the 3.5% pay raise for the troops proposed by Democrats as being "unnecessary" but requested the legislature to make the President's tax cuts for the rich permanent, actions that have earned the administration the wra news politics 2007-05-28 13:37:09 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_opposes_pay_raise_for_troop/ pressesc.com http://pressesc.com/01180285334_bush_opposes_pay_raise Important [19] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_opposes_pay_raise_for_troop/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_tax_cuts_likely_to_survive_i/ Senate Democrats are striving to stay united during debate on a $2.9 trillion budget outline for 2008 that already has tested their fragile majority. Moderate Democrats favoring tax cuts have forced a rewrite of the plan, pushing through an amendment W news politics 2007-03-22 11:14:48 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_tax_cuts_likely_to_survive_i/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260403,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Interesting [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_tax_cuts_likely_to_survive_i/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/maybe_we_deserve_to_be_ripped_of/ While America obsessed about Britney's shaved head, Bush offered a budget that offers $32.7 billion in tax cuts to the Wal-Mart family alone, while cutting $28 billion from Medicaid. "Now, after she shaved her head in a bizarre episode that culmina opinion politics 2007-02-21 08:26:23 http://www.newsique.com/politics/maybe_we_deserve_to_be_ripped_of/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/48278/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Shocking [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/maybe_we_deserve_to_be_ripped_of/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/airline_ticket_tax_could_disappe/ The Bush administration’s long-awaited plan to pay for a new, high-tech air traffic control system would eliminate the passenger ticket tax but raise other costs for people who fly. The Federal Aviation Administration will unveil its proposal Wednesd news politics 2007-02-14 15:50:32 http://www.newsique.com/politics/airline_ticket_tax_could_disappe/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17138997/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/airline_ticket_tax_could_disappe/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_budget_cements_expiring_tax/ President Bush asked Congress on Monday to slash taxes by $1.9 trillion over the next decade, cementing his first-term tax cuts while changing the way health insurance is taxed. news politics 2007-02-05 16:50:10 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_budget_cements_expiring_tax/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_go_pr_wh/budget_taxes http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Important [7] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_budget_cements_expiring_tax/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_tax_and_state_help_for_unin/ President Bush formally unveiled a pair of health initiatives during his State of the Union address Tuesday night aimed at expanding Americans' access to health coverage. news politics 2007-01-24 16:29:29 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_tax_and_state_help_for_unin/ CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/24/health/webmd/main2394501.shtml http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbsnews/ 93 Important [13] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_tax_and_state_help_for_unin/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/dems_look_at_tax_cuts_for_middle/ Democrats are not ruling out raising taxes for the wealthiest people to help pay for tax cuts for middle-income families, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. news politics 2007-01-08 09:28:50 http://www.newsique.com/politics/dems_look_at_tax_cuts_for_middle/ Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4453429.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/chron/ 95 Important [12] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 2 http://www.newsique.com/politics/dems_look_at_tax_cuts_for_middle/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/is_mccain_like_bush_depends_/ In a CBS News poll two weeks ago, 43 percent of registered voters said they believed he would continue Mr. Bush’s policies, and 21 percent said he would be more conservative in his policies than Mr. Bush. Twenty-eight percent said he would be less conse opinion politics 2008-06-18 08:15:38 http://www.newsique.com/politics/is_mccain_like_bush_depends_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24590226/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/is_mccain_like_bush_depends_/#comments