Sandy Levin

Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges

2013-05-17 18:51:00

WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...

Ex-IRS chief apologizes in hearing for 'foolish mistakes'

2013-05-17 07:20:00

WASHINGTON – The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday morning for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in its handling of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status and attributed the IRS' actions to a misguided pursuit...

Monday's TV talk shows: She & Him perform on 'Kimmel'

2010-04-05 16:35:13

Island tax havens factor into Romney's business success

2007-12-17 00:00:00

Second of two parts -- While in private business, Mitt Romney utilized shell companies in two offshore tax havens to help eligible investors avoid paying U.S. taxes, federal and state records show. Romney gained no personal tax benefit from the legal...

Quotations of the day

2013-05-18 00:03:04

"Listening to the nightly news, this appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation in this administration. It seems like the truth is hidden from the American people just long enough to make it through an...

House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern

2013-05-17 08:38:00

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...

Casey, Schwartz named to payroll conference committee

2011-12-23 16:23:52

Casey, Schwartz named to payroll tax committee

2011-12-23 12:39:00

Ending weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to negotiate...

Lawmakers approve withholding fix for contractors

2011-11-16 16:42:20

Government contractors applauded congressional action Wednesday to repeal a federal law that would have postponed millions of dollars in payments to Maryland companies, potentially wounding the region's fragile economy. In a rare display of...

Reform To Raise Taxes for High Earners

2010-04-07 00:00:00

With enactment of his signature healthcare law, President Obama has also made good on another major campaign promise: to ease the tax burden on middle-class Americans and pay for his domestic agenda by raising taxes on the wealthy. And for upper-income...

Palin vs. Obama: 'Death panel' debate

2009-08-13 16:24:13

by Mark Silva Sarah Palin, accusing the Democrats of creating government "death panels'' with "downright evil'' health-care reforms that will decide which elderly Americans live and which ones die, complains that President Barack Obama is making "light of...

Rep. Sander M. Levin s plan would tax Wall Street titans earnings at the ordinary income tax rate of 35% .

2005-05-25 00:00:00