Rep. David Camp

Republican  •  4th District, Michigan  •  11th Term  •  Sworn In 1991
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06/01/12
Rep. Camp says jobs report 'falls disturbingly short'

And it could lead the Federal Reserve to take further steps to help the economy. U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, released the following statement in reaction to the May jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor:  "This jobs report falls ...

Source: Midland Daily News
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06/01/12
U.S. economy adds 69K jobs in May as unemployment rises to 8.2%

Dave Camp, R-Midland, chairman of House Ways and Means Committee, on Friday in a statement. U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee also responded in a release to the report Friday, saying ...

Source: detroitnews.com
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05/31/12
Outrageous Corporate Earmarks Stage a Comeback

The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., has also recreated the miscellaneous tariff bill process, enabling more than a thousand special interest tariff relief measures to be cobbled together into a single bill and ...

Source: The Fiscal Times
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05/31/12
NBAA Welcomes Government Report Highlighting Value Of Business Aviation

...of the challenges and opportunities confronting the industry. The two were joined in their request for the study by Rep. Dave Camp (R-4-MI), who Chairs the House Ways and Means Committee. The release of the study comes eight months after Bolen testified

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05/30/12
4th District art contest winners named

Congressman Dave Camp, R-Midland, recently announced that Leah Beaulac of Owosso High School won "Best in Show" in the 2012 Artistic Discovery art contest for her "Reflection" piece. Judges reviewed more than 50 pieces submitted from high school ...

Source: Midland Daily News
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05/30/12
Healthcare leaders press Congress for Medicare reimbursement reform

In a letter a to House Ways and Means committee chairman Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) — who invited comments from providers — the Medical Group Management Association encouraged Congress to repeal the sustainable growth rate system of reimbursing physicians.

Source: McKnight's
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05/30/12
Conservative Group Blasts Tariff 'Earmarks'

...tariff bill proposal as an earmark. A conservative group issued a memo blasting a proposal by House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) to pursue a miscellaneous tariff bill in possible violation of the House earmark ban. But while the memo from

Source: Roll Call
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05/30/12
12,200 Michigan jobless will lose extended assistance on June 23

...benefits say the program fostered dependence and discouraged unemployed people from finding work. During 2011, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, pushed a bill that would have cut federal extensions, dropping Michigan benefits from 99 weeks to a maximum of

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05/30/12
Healthcare leaders press Congress for Medicare reimbursement reform

...reimburse physicians and eliminate other regulatory burdens. In a letter a to House Ways and Means committee chairman Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) — who invited comments from providers — the Medical Group Management Association encouraged Congress to repea

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05/29/12
Outstate congressional races may offer serious challenges

The 4th District, covering the central part of the Lower Peninsula, appears to have a quiet race in store.  U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Midland), first elected in 1990, faces Democratic challenger Debra Wirth of Eagle. The only safely Democratic ...

Source: Examiner
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05/29/12
Fuel Fraud’ Tax Could Be Axed

Thirty-two members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, asking that the provision be deleted from new highway legislation now under consideration.

Source: Aviation International News
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05/29/12
Midland honors its war fallen

“It’s very moving to see veterans honored,” Nielsen said. “It was a nice ceremony.” The ceremony also was attended by Congressman Dave Camp, R-Midland. After presenting one of the wreaths, Camp served as the ceremony’s keynote speaker

Source: Midland Daily News
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05/29/12
Jenison graduate blames Democrats, not conservatives upset over his homosexuality, for his exit from Romney campaign

...director of communications for eight years under George W. Bush and ran his own communications firm in California, where he now lives. Grenell also worked for New York Governor George Pataki and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp among other stints in the public forum

Source: MLive.com
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05/28/12
Get lost! Women struggle to get Jewish divorce from their Orthodox husbands

Aharon Friedman, a tax counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee chaired by Rep. Dave Camp, is refusing to give Tamar Epstein a get even though the couple have been civilly divorced for two years. An advocacy group, the Organization for the ...

Source: New York Daily News
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05/28/12
Women only 'get' misery

...exploded on to the national scene. Aharon Friedman, a tax counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee chaired by Rep. Dave Camp, is refusing to give Tamar Epstein a get even though the couple have been civilly divorced for two years. An advocacy grou

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05/27/12
George Weeks: Congressional campaigns, north and south

His current three northernmost counties, out of 11, are Benzie, Manistee and Wexford. Eleven-term 4th District Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is assured of yet another term in a district where he has ...

Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle
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05/26/12
Bill Maher: Obama Didn't Support Simpson-Bowles Because Republicans Didn't

Opposed: Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mt.), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mi.), Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tx.), Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), and Andy Stern (former President SEIU). That's five Democrats and four ...

Source: News Busters
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05/25/12
House could vote this summer on extending Bush-era tax cuts

That’s why Chairman Camp (Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.) and the Ways and Means Committee have been working on pro-growth reform to simplify the tax code. Knowing that comprehensive reform will take time, we must ensure that while Congress is ...

Source: Fresno Bee
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05/25/12
US to Use 'All Available Tools' on China Trade

Commerce Secretary John Bryson and Trade Representative Ron Kirk met on Thursday behind closed doors with members of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee to discuss China trade.  Committee Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican ...

Source: CNBC
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05/25/12
Baucus faces his biggest campaigns

...meetings with senators on his tax-writing Finance Committee and regular talks with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) over a far-reaching tax overhaul likely to dominate debate in the next Congress. Continue Reading And in June,

Source: The Politico
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05/25/12
House could vote this summer on extending Bush-era tax cuts

...of a looming tax increase as they attempt to invest and grow for the remainder of this year. Thats why Chairman Camp (Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.) and the Ways and Means Committee have been working on pro-growth reform to simplify the tax code. Knowing that

Source: Miami Herald
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05/25/12
House could vote this summer on extending Bush-era tax cuts

...of a looming tax increase as they attempt to invest and grow for the remainder of this year. Thats why Chairman Camp (Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.) and the Ways and Means Committee have been working on pro-growth reform to simplify the tax code. Knowing that

Source: Kansas.com
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05/25/12
House could vote this summer on extending Bush-era tax cuts

...of a looming tax increase as they attempt to invest and grow for the remainder of this year.Thats why Chairman Camp (Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.) and the Ways and Means Committee have been working on pro-growth reform to simplify the tax code.Knowing that c

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05/24/12
Beyond Abs

I met with [Democratic Rep.] Greg Meeks [of New York], who I bonded with on ... get taken seriously at a table with vets like Chairman Dave Camp of Michigan? SCHOCK: It’s a lot like high school. If you do your homework, you study hard ...

Source: NationalJournal.com
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05/24/12
Beyond Abs

I met with [Democratic Rep.] Greg Meeks [of New York], who I bonded with on ... get taken seriously at a table with vets like Chairman Dave Camp of Michigan? SCHOCK: It’s a lot like high school. If you do your homework, you study hard ...

Source: NationalJournal.com
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05/24/12
Why Obama, Romney threaten your retirement

Earlier this year, by the ways, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, held a hearing on possible reforms to certain tax-favored retirement savings plans that might be considered as part of comprehensive tax reform.

Source: Marketwatch
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05/24/12
Why Obama, Romney threaten your retirement

Earlier this year, by the ways, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, held a hearing on possible reforms to certain tax-favored retirement savings plans that might be considered as part of comprehensive tax reform.

Source: Marketwatch
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05/23/12
Half Of U.S. States Short-Change Abused And Neglected Children

Mary Landrieu (D-LA), U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), U.S. Rep Pete Stark (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA), and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI). http://www.firststar.org. First Star is a ...

Source: Sitnews
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05/23/12
How Both Obama and Romney Threaten Your Retirement

Earlier this year, by the ways, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, held a hearing on possible reforms to certain tax-favored retirement savings plans that might be considered as part of comprehensive tax reform.

Source: Smart Money
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05/23/12
Scare to Care Starts This Weekend, You Know What to do

By now, you guys have probably noticed that I post a bit less than I used to, ... Local news the way you want it: MIDLAND, MI — U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, has issued an invitation to Midland elementary school children to join him on a bike ride ...

Source: I4U
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