Occupation: U.S. Representative Birth: April 13, 1944
Most of them benefit businesses, things like research and development tax credits. But people will also benefit, too, from things like - the earned i….
Most major domestic programs got more money this year, and they're used to reflect the priorities of the upcoming year. One good example is, the Secr….
OK, so this pack - tax package includes about 50 tax breaks. None of them are new. They were all existing tax breaks. What this did was make them per….
We must also recognize the new realities of modern warfare and the modern landscape of a battlefield..
Another agency - the IRS - did not do as well under Republicans who control Congress. The IRS is largely flatlined in their spending, but they did ge….
My Dad wanted me to be able to play with him and my brothers. I was the only girl!.
When it comes to pay raises, Congress always plays the role of Grinch. The bill extends an existing pay freeze for Vice President Joe Biden, specific….
Congress also did something new, which is, they delayed for two years two new taxes - one on medical devices and one on high-end health insurance pla….
It ends a 40-year ban on exporting U.S. oil. It's changed - it's included in its cyber-security legislation - that says to private companies, hey, if….
Democrats don't have a lot of time to turn the party around..
Democrats don't sound united..
The political future for Democrats is daunting..
The president doesn't get an automatic pay raise, so they can't freeze it for him. But it also does extend the pay rate - they pay increases or pay f….
The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably..
OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run through September of 2016. Half of the t….
There's dozens of unrelated policy provisions tucked inside of it. I'll give you a sense of a handful of them. One is a visa waiver program change. I….