Tag: Sander Levin

House Republicans look to ease off college endowment tax proposal

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2017 11:46 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that more needs to be done to fight the U.S. opioid epidemic than just an emergency declaration from the White House. She asked to see a serious request for funding to fight the crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats say Trump must back up opioid declaration with money

Robert King · October 26, 2017 8:22 pm

Rep. Sander Levin says he will leave his post as the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Citing need for unity to stop Trump, powerful Dem steps down

Joseph Lawler · November 29, 2016 11:41 pm

Democratic senators are pushing a measure to force 60 votes on any legislation that would change Medicare and Medicaid. (AP Photo)

Docs and lawmakers applaud feds over Medicare overhaul

Robert King · October 15, 2016 4:01 am

"This Obamacare provision is a tax hike plain and simple," said Rep. Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, on the House floor Tuesday. "It makes paying for care more difficult." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House votes to roll back Obamacare tax hike

Robert King · September 13, 2016 9:47 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, center, and the committee's ranking member, Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., left, discussed the Affordable Care Act's costs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Lawmakers wrangle over Obamacare costs

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 12, 2016 3:23 pm

Jason Kearns is minority chief trade counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Profile: From Kyrgyzstan to Congress

Joseph Lawler · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

"Congress incorporated this highly popular tax break into the tax code decades ago so that employers could attract and keep workers during a time of wage freezes," said Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP blames low wage growth on Obamacare, employer exclusion

Robert King · April 14, 2016 3:02 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady warned that U.S. companies face strong pressures to move their headquarters out of the U.S. because of the tax code. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Urgency grows to stop ‘giant sucking sound’ of companies leaving the U.S.

Joseph Lawler · February 24, 2016 6:42 pm

Reps. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Sander Levin of Michigan introduced a bill that would prevent U.S.-based companies from lowering the taxes they owe to the Treasury by issuing debt to parent companies overseas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Dems roll out bill to keep companies from leaving

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2016 9:30 pm

Rep. Sander Levin, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Michael Bonfigli/Christian Science Monitor

Washington Secrets

Top Dem warns of ‘TPP car,’ Mexican-made of Chinese parts, sold in U.S.

Paul Bedard · February 22, 2016 11:39 pm

JackÂ Lew said in a letter to lawmakersÂ that he would issue "additionalÂ targeted guidance to deter and reduce further the economic benefits of corporate inversions." (AP Photo)

Obama administration plans new rules to stop companies from leaving

Joseph Lawler · November 18, 2015 11:05 pm