Talking Points

  • Health Care Solutions Group Plan
    Jun 17, 2009  - Click here to view the Health Care Solutions Group Outlines Health Care Plan to Increase Affordability, Accountability, Availability. ### More
  • Part D Silver Lining in Tuesday's Trustees Report
    May 13, 2009  - While the Medicare and Social Security Trustees Report contained much bad news, there was a silver lining: competition has created additional cost savings for both seniors and taxpayers within the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D).  Original estimates from the Medicare actuaries projecte... More
  • MEMO: Effect of President Obama’s and congressional Democrats’ proposed tax increases
    Apr 23, 2009  - To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       Effect of President Obama’s and congressional Democrats’ proposed tax increases             on small business activity Da:       Thursday, April 23, 2009   Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and Rep. Dave Camp, ranking mem... More
  • Obama Budget: Creating the Largest Welfare Program in U.S. History
    Apr 1, 2009  - Attached is a presentation detailing how President Obama’s budget raises energy taxes on every American, prodding Democrats to create a massive “Energy Stamps” program to “protect the poor.” However, in this spread-the-wealth scheme, the average middle class household is left paying at least $1,... More
  • Summary of Camp-Cantor Substitute to H.R. 1
    Jan 28, 2009  - Immediate Tax Relief and Assistance for Working Families: • Rate Reductions and AMT Relief:  Lowers, for 2009 and 2010, the bottom two income tax brackets from 10% to 5% and from 15% to 10%, respectively.  This will reduce the income taxes of every American who pays income taxes and will provid... More
  • Democrats Blowing Smoke on SCHIP Funding
    Jan 13, 2009  - Democrats have decided to pay for their proposal for a massive SCHIP expansion, which dilutes the focus on poor children, with tens of billions of dollars in additional tobacco taxes.   Short of finding at least 22.4 million new smokers (the number required to adequately fund SCHIP) Demo... More
  • Surprise: Democrats Make it Easier to Increase, Harder to Cut Taxes
    Jan 6, 2009  - Washington D.C. – Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement today in response to a proposed Democrat plan to amend the rule on the motion to recommit: “Today’s rule change makes it easier to raise taxes and makes it harder to cut them.  With this ploy i... More
  • Democrats' Rules Package Threatens Medicare Solvency
    Jan 6, 2009  - -Today, House Democrats will attempt to block a requirement that would force the House to debate proposals that would protect the solvency of the Medicare program, ensuring that it continues to provide life-saving health care to seniors for years to come.   -The Democratic Rules Package wo... More