This is a simple change that will provide a huge financial boost for many Americans, particularly low- to moderate-income families. It is an importan…

- Jim Cooper

While tax refunds amount to substantial income for many Americans, current IRS rules do not allow taxpayers to directly deposit their refund into mor…

- Jim Cooper

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

- Jim Cooper

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed tho…

- Jim Cooper

It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.

- Jim Cooper

Under the AHP approach, the average small business might be able to offer their employees one or two insurance plans, and that employee of the small …

- Jim Cooper

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

- Jim Cooper

First, the year 2004, the year past, the Comptroller General of the United States, David A. Walker, said that arguably it was the worst year in Ameri…

- Jim Cooper

Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.

- Jim Cooper