Alan Fram

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  A respite for Medicare; Social Security no worse

  By Alan Fram  |  June 3, 2013

  Social Security and Medicare are still wobbling toward insolvency within two decades if Washington can't find a way to shore up the trust funds.

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  House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern

  By Alan Fram, STEPHEN OHLEMACHER  |  May 17, 2013

  A top House Republican charges that the IRS's tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the White House.

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  Senate Ready for Symbolic Showdown on Tax Cuts

  By Alan Fram  |  July 25, 2012

  Senate leaders moved toward a showdown Wednesday with votes on rival Democratic and Republican plans for extending broad tax cuts that will otherwise expire in January.

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  Senate Dems Ready $272B Tax-Cut Extension Bill

  By Alan Fram  |  July 16, 2012

  The highest earning Americans would pay a top rate of 23.8% for capital gains and dividends next year under a $272 billion, one-year extension of tax cuts that Senate Democrats are circulating among themselves.

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  GOP and Dems Debate Tax Cuts for Businesses

  By Alan Fram  |  July 10, 2012

  Senate leaders of both parties belittled each other's tax cutting plans Tuesday.

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  House Republicans Push Business Tax Cut

  By Alan Fram  |  April 19, 2012

  Republicans have ignored a White House veto threat and pushed an election-year, $46 billion tax cut for most employers through a sharply divided House.

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  GOP Kills Senate 'Buffett Rule'

  By Alan Fram  |  April 17, 2012

  Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic "Buffett rule" bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans' taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his signature election-year issues.

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  Obama's Buffett Rule Impact on Taxes, Jobs

  By Alan Fram  |  April 16, 2012

  President Barack Obama's proposal to impose a "Buffett rule" tax on the rich is generating enormous political wattage, but the plan itself would directly affect only a tiny fraction of Americans.

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  Congress Sends Payroll Tax Cut to Obama

  By Alan Fram  |  February 17, 2012

  Congress has passed legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, backing the main items on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda in a rare burst of Washington bipartisanship.

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  Lawmakers Move to Cusp of Deal on Payroll Tax Cut

  By Alan Fram  |  February 15, 2012

  Congressional leaders are gauging lawmakers' reactions to a tentative deal extending a 2 percentage-point payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012.