COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

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  • MSNBC: Anti-poverty programs impact federal debt

    December 11, 2012 - ### More

  • AARP lobbies against Medicare changes that could hurt its bottom line

    December 4, 2012 - As Washington debates whether to cut federal retirement programs as part of a deal to tackle the nation’s debt, one of the most powerful advocates for preserving them could have millions of dollars riding on the outcome. AARP, the highly influential lobby for older Americans, is fiercely opposing a... More

  • Durbin (Again) Denies Social Security’s Red Ink

    November 30, 2012 - Sen. Richard Durbin says that “Social Security does not add one penny to our debt.” That’s false. It was wrong 21 months ago, when Durbin said it once before, and it’s even more off the mark now. The federal government for the first time in its history had to borrow money in 2010 to cover Social Se... More

  • Unbalanced

    November 29, 2012 - Republican fiscal cliff negotiators are infuriated because they can't get the White House to propose serious spending cuts. They complain that behind closed doors the White House team and congressional Democrats want only one thing: higher taxes. The House Ways and Means Committee, run by Dave Camp... More

  • Editorial: Social Security adds to deficits

    November 28, 2012 - Do Democrats really believe Social Security doesn't contribute to federal deficits and the national debt? They're certainly saying it a lot: "Social Security does not add one penny to our debt, not a penny," Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, insisted Sunday on ABC'sThi... More

  • Hope and Exchange

    November 28, 2012 - ObamaCare is due to land in a mere 10 months—about 300 days—and the Administration is not even close to ready, so naturally the political and media classes are attacking the Governors and state legislators who decline to help out. Mostly Republicans, they’re facing a torrent of abuse in Washington ... More

  • The hidden indicator pointing to bad news for jobs

    October 22, 2012 - Temps are telling us something, and it isn’t good. Temporary employment is one of the better predictors of what the job market will do in the months ahead. And recent trends point toward even slower job creation in the final months of the year than the sluggish hiring that has been evident througho... More

  • Why the Health Care Tax Credit Eludes Many Small Businesses

    September 26, 2012 - The Agenda has now profiled three small businesses that are struggling in different ways with providing health insurance to employees. The companies are very different — they trade in very different parts of the economy, and couldn’t be located much further apart geographically — but they do have on... More

  • The Truth About Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Welfare Reform

    September 25, 2012 - Earlier this year the Obama administration announced it would be issuing waivers that affect the work requirement included in the landmark reform of the nation's welfare system. As soon as they did, politicians on both sides of the aisle ran to the barricades, digging in for a protracted fight. The ... More

  • House votes to disapprove waiving welfare work requirements

    September 21, 2012 - ### More