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Text of Engel Bill Blocking Oil Company Tax Deductions

By | 07.30.10 | 5:22 pm

Here’s a copy of Rep. Eliot Engel’s (D-N.Y.) legislation that would prevent BP from claiming a $10 billion tax deduction from the cost of responding to the spill.

More Evidence Obama Won’t Discourage Charity

By | 03.04.09 | 11:35 am

Bloomberg’s Ryan Donmoyer digs deeper into the question of whether the administration’s plan to scale back deductability of charity donations by wealthy Americans will hurt the non-profit sector. His report today generally confirms the analysis of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities reported here yesterday.

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Talking Points Lite

By | 03.03.09 | 6:34 pm

One advantage President Obama’s foes have in mounting their domestic agenda of obstruct and obscure is the luxury of the content-free talking points. For example, ever since President Obama proposed limiting the tax deductions of the most affluent Americans as a means of paying for health care reform last, a More…