Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]

House panel passes Paulsen's med-tech bill as Democrats shape their arguments

2012-06-01T10:22:39Z

Rep. Sandy Levin, the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, established what are likely to be the bill opponents’ talking points as the bill moves forward: not only are the tax’s ill affects overblown, but Paulsen’s bill is nothing more than

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Dems propose tax incentives to encourage companies to bring jobs

2012-05-09T09:09:43Z

The Bring Jobs Home Act was introduced by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) in the House and Debbie ... including House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sandy Levin (D-Mich.). The Senate bill is co-sponsored by Sens.

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Dem tax-writer targets GOP on income inequality

2012-05-03T17:45:04Z

Rep. Sandy Levin (Mich.), the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, said the GOP needed to keep that in mind as Washington works toward revamping the tax code. “This report reinforces the wake-up call we have been issuing about the ...

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OVERNIGHT MONEY: US officials headed to China for economic talks

2012-05-01T18:37:33Z

Ni hao, China: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, along with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and ... and House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) on Tuesday urged Geithner and Kirk ...

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Hoyer Statement on Republicans' Student Loan Bill

2012-04-26T09:17:58Z

I want to thank Reps. George Miller, John Tierney, Tim Bishop, Ruben Hinojosa, Joe Courtney, Dale Kildee, Pete Stark, and Sandy Levin for their efforts on this issue, and I also want to commend Rep. Courtney for advocating a permanent solution to the probl

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GOP, Dems team up on bill sanctioning Russia for human-rights abuses

2012-04-23T09:14:22Z

Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act last week, along with Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sandy Levin (D-Mich.), and Tom ...

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Tax cut bill passes House, goes to Senate

2012-04-19T20:53:28Z

Does it provide permanency? No." Republicans promised the bill would create at least 39,000 jobs. Rep. Sandy Levin, D-Mich., said that would break down to a cost of $1.1 million per job. "It fails all tests of sound tax policy," Levin said.

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Tax cut bill passes House, goes to Senate

2012-04-19T20:53:28Z

House passes Republican business tax cut

2012-04-19T14:41:14Z

"This isn't about mom and pop ... It's about popping the cork for wealthy taxpayers," Representative Sandy Levin, the top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said in floor debate. Cantor responded that the bill used the ...

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House passes Republican business tax cut

2012-04-19T14:41:14Z

UPDATE 1-U.S. House passes Republican business tax cut

2012-04-19T14:19:46Z

Republican business tax cut seen passing U.S. House

2012-04-19T12:46:42Z

"This isn't about mom and pop ... It's about popping the cork for wealthy taxpayers," Representative Sandy Levin, top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said in floor debate. With both parties eyeing the November 6 presidential and

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Republican business tax cut seen passing House

2012-04-19T12:03:46Z

Republican business tax cut seen passing U.S. House

2012-04-19T12:03:46Z

Republican business tax cut seen passing House

2012-04-19T11:56:36Z

Why Eric Cantor’s $46 Billion Tax Boondoggle Will Cause A Real Headache For Small Businesses

2012-04-16T09:22:41Z

The Cantor bill is the “antithesis of tax reform” according to Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee. But at least the GOP budget and the Cantor bill are consistent about one thing – more windfall ...

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Cantor runs TV ad promoting tax cut bill

2012-04-03T01:00:00Z

...of certain wages. During a recent committee meeting on the bill, which would represent about a $46 billion cut, Rep. Sander “Sandy” Levin, D-Michigan, called the plan “expensive and inefficient.” Cantor’s ad opens with Mark Oley of Westwood Ph

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Dingell marks two-year anniversary of Affordable Care Act

2012-04-01T07:24:27Z

John Dingell, D-Dearborn. Dingell, U.S. Rep John Conyers D-Detroit; U.S. Rep. Sandy Levin, D-Royal Oak; and Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Bill Corr all joined the call. According to Know Your Care, in the time since President ...

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WASHTENAW COUNTY: Dingell on conference call with members of Congress marks two-year anniversary of Affordable Care Act

2012-03-31T05:38:16Z

Carried interest, here we go again

2012-03-30T13:03:16Z

Once again, Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, working with President Obama, has proposed a bill to end the perceived tax benefits of carried interest. On Feb. 14, Levin introduced the “Carried ...

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