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Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the investigation of the IRS' criteria to process applications of tax-exempt orga…

Witnesses testified on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rules regarding in-patient and out-patient payments along with the Medicare audit program. The first panel included CMS Medi…

Markup of: H.R. 3393, “Student and Family Tax Simplification Act"; H.R. 4935, "Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014”

Commissioner John Koskinen continued testifying at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the investigation of the IRS' criteria to process applications of tax-exempt organizations. The…

The House Ways and Means Committee marked up several bills intended to make permanent several tax credits. They included five bills that would make charitable giving policies permanent and o…

Mark Iwry testified at a hearing on the Affordable Care Act employer mandate that requires companies to offer health insurance to their employees. He said that the Obama administration had n…

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman testified on the Obama administration’s trade policy agenda. He said he expected to finish negotiations on a trade deal amongst Pacific nations in 20…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2015 budget. In his opening statement he also addressed President Obama’s executive order regarding Russia’s i…

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified on the Health and Human Services Department fiscal year 2015 budget request. She said that there was no plan to delay the health care law’s individual m…

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-MI) announced his proposal for tax code reform The plan calls for cuts in both personal and corporate tax rate and deductions for state and …

John Koskinen testified on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) operations and the 2014 tax return filing season. He said recent budget cuts would mean fewer audits and a lower level of customer s…

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on foster care kids who become involved in sex trafficking. Witnesses included several members of Congress who have in…

Marilyn Tavenner testified about the problems with the release of the Healthcare.gov Web site for the federal health insurance exchange. Ms. Tavenner in her opening statement apologized to u…

House Ways and Means Committee Chair David Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (R-D) spoke with reporters after a committee hearing where Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services A…

Two Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees members testified on the 2013 Medicare Trustees Report, specifically on the program’s financial status and changes from the Trustees' prev…

Witnesses testified on the status of their agencies' implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Mark Iwry testified on the Obama Administration’s decision to move the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate deadline from 2014 to 2015 and the legal justification for the decision. Committ…

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman testified on the Obama administration’s trade agenda. He said that an Asia-Pacific trade deal including Japan could be finished by the end of 2013 an…

Ethics policy experts and law academics testified on the Obama administration’s decision to delay the employer mandate and the employer information reporting requirements under the Affordabl…

Daniel Werfel testified on the status of the investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its reported targeting of tax-exempt status applicants for more stringent review based …