Public Campaign Action Fund - Taxes

Tax Bill Favors Wealthy

Nancy Watzman — Thu, 11 May 2006 14:29:32 +0000

House Republicans pushed through a tax cut for the wealthy yesterday by a vote of 244 to 185. Eighty percent of the tax savings, says the Tax Policy Center, a nonprofit venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, would flow to the top 10 percent to taxpayers, and almost 20% would go to the top one-tenth of one percent.

MoveOn.org Protest Draws More Than 60 People

Rick Bielke — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:17:00 +0000

The anti-corruption protest this morning in front of the offices for the Americans for Tax Reform drew about 60 people (which is great considering it was a windy and rainy morning in Washington, DC). The protest lasted about 45 minutes and gen...

Protest Tomorrow Morning At Americans For Tax Reform

Rick Bielke — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:56:00 +0000

MoveOn.org, along with co-sponsors Public Campaign Action Fund and Campaign for America's future, will be holding a peaceful protest tomorrow morning at 9:45 AM in front of the offices of Americans for Tax Reform. We'll be protesting at the ...

It's Nice to Give When the Folks You Give to Don't Receive

Nancy Watzman — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:48:00 +0000

An intriguing but complicated story from the Austin American Statesman is worth a read. All the t's aren't crossed and the i's aren't dotted yet, but it looks like Tom DeLay and Abramoff could be in trouble with the IRS. The gist of the st...

"Republicans will defend taxpayers" (Who live off their dividends)

Meghan Scott — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:12:00 +0000

The Washington Times, September 14, 2005: "House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an 'ongoing victory,' and said there is simply no fat left to cut in the fede...

Operation Corruption

David Donnelly — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:34:00 +0000

Tom DeLay and the Republicans, shamed by DeLay’s comments that the federal budget was "pared down pretty good," have come forward with “Operation Offset” to propose a number of cuts to help pay for hurricane relief. The New York Times

DeLay will "absolutely not" cut gas taxes

Meghan Scott — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:07:00 +0000

Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Congress will "absolutely not" roll back the federal gasoline tax in an effort to make gas more affordable. He said that Congress is looking at other ways to increase supply and...