Tax Rates
Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that Republicans are done with any talk of raising taxes.
The White House may be eyeing new compromises, now that an interim fiscal cliff deal has been reached with House Republicans.
House Speaker John Boehner has signaled that he may be willing to raise taxes on Americans making more than $250,000 a year.
House Speaker John Boehner broke his silence on the negotiations on Tuesday, and he is displeased with the progress.
The fight over the fiscal cliff has settled into an uneasy stalemate, with both sides waiting for the other to give a little. At least that’s the story coming from the combatants.
The current stalemate over the fiscal cliff centers around intransigence on both sides on tax rates.
Progress on the impending fiscal cliff is grinding to a halt with little room for compromise as both sides dig in their heels.
Not all of the 2 percenters Republicans are trying to protect agree with their efforts.
In this second installment, the plan was to enumerate the Republicans who are opposing Grover Norquist. They don't exist.
President Obama and Republicans in Congress are engaged in a tense struggle over tax rates and spending cuts, playing out before a deadline where everyone loses.
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist fought back this week against reports that influential Republicans were planning to abandon the pledge they signed for Norquist’s lobbying group.
Most Americans favor President Obama’s plan to raise taxes on incomes over $250,000 a year, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.
President Obama is beginning a push to sway the public over the impending fiscal cliff.
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist has nearly every Republican on record promising that they will never, under any circumstances, ever raise taxes.
In his opening salvo in negotiations over the fiscal cliff, President Obama is asking Republicans to pass a $1.6 trillion in tax increase on Americans making over $250,000 a year.
