HEARING: Documents for October 27th Subcommittee Hearing: ""Examining Obamacare's Hidden Marriage Penalty and Its Impact on the Deficit"

Moving Our Nation Forward

The Democratic Agenda

Improving Americans’ Quality of Life: Homes, Health, Jobs, and Education

Oversight Committee Democrats are focused on preserving home ownership, getting America back to work, ensuring quality, affordable health care, and giving all students access to a high-quality education.

Making Government Work for All Americans

Our aggressive agenda works to root out waste, fraud and abuse in government spending, enhance transparency, and ensure that the needs of Americans are put ahead of corporate special interest.

Promoting the Safety and Well-Being of the American People

We are committed to supporting our troops and veterans, protecting American consumers, and safeguarding national and homeland security.

For a PDF version of the Democratic Agenda, please click here.

What's Happening Now

Working for the American People

Cummings Issues Preliminary Findings on Executive Pay at For-Profit Colleges

Cummings Investigates Housing and Foreclosure Crisis

Cummings Investigates Potential Prescription Drug Price Gouging

Investigation of ATF's Fast and Furious Operation

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report

Oil Speculation Report

Illegal Military Foreclosures Report

HEARING: Documents for October 27th Subcommittee Hearing: ""Examining Obamacare's Hidden Marriage Penalty and Its Impact on the Deficit"

Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah Cummings.

Witnesses

Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.
President
American Action Forum

Former CBO Director
Ms. Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Senior Fellow
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Dr. Richard Burkhauser, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Cornell University

In case you missed it, check out this piece by MIT Economist Jonathan Gruber in The New Republic that dispels claims in a report issued by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Majority Staff on the Affordable Care Act. Gruber found that “some of the claims are wrong-headed. The rest are simply wrong.”

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