Senate Passes Energy Legislation
In a resourceful move to counter procedural obstacles that threatened to prevent passage of an energy bill before its August recess, the Senate abandoned its…
read moreHouse Ways and Means Committee Clears Pension Bill
During a stormy session the House Ways and Means Committee on July 18, 2003, cleared the Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Bill of 2003 on…
read moreHouse and Senate Approve Medicare Prescription Drug Bills
The House and Senate on June 27, 2003 approved differing versions of Medicare prescription drug bills. Although the Senate bill contains no provisions amending the…
read moreHouse Passes Taxpayer Rights Bill
The House, on June 19, 2003, approved the Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability Bill of 2003 (HR 1528) by a vote of 252 to 170.…
read moreHouse Passes Estate Tax Repeal
The House, on June 18, 2003, approved The Death Tax Repeal Permanency Bill of 2003 (HR 8) by a vote of 264 to 163. At…
read moreHouse Approves Expanded Version of Child Tax Credit Legislation
On June 12, 2003, the House approved its version of legislation to fix the child tax credit, the All-American Tax Relief Bill of 2003 (H.R.…
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