Buffett Rule News
President Obama Remarks on Budget as Senate Negotiates Gun Control
ABC News' Rick Klein on two issues legislators are debating in Washington.
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Sequestration: Here to Stay or on Its Way Out?
Lawmakers and the American public seem to agree on two things lately: First, sequestration was designed to be so unpleasant that it would never go into effect, and second, something needs to be done about the sequester. The question is what. Senate Majority Leader Harry...
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President Obama's Weirdest New Taxes
… by capping itemized tax deductions, rolling back domestic-production credits for oil companies, instituting the " Buffett Rule " of a 30 percent minimum tax rate for people making over $1 million in a year, and taxing investment managers …
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The Note: Next Week's Senate Scramble
… by capping itemized tax deductions, rolling back domestic-production credits for oil companies, instituting the " Buffett Rule " of a 30 percent minimum tax rate for people making over $1 million in a year, and taxing investment managers …
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Politicians Top Forbes Billionaires List… millionaires pay at least the same tax rate as those in lower brackets, a proposal that the president referred to as the " Buffett Rule ." The three donors who clinched the top 10 of Forbes are collectively worth over $121 billion.
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Romney Video an Accidental Counterattack in 'Class War'… protests, but also because Obama was vocally pushing the Buffett Rule , his proposal to raise taxes on people making more ..... Among the Republicans who most vocally equated the Buffett Rule with a kind of class warfare was Rep. Paul Ryan, the …
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Rob Portman delivers weekly Republican address
… higher taxes than Fortune 500 companies. How's that fair? President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule . Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate …
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This Week's Best Quotes: 'The Private Sector Is Doing Fine'… Buffett joked. President Obama dubbed his plan to institute a minimum 30 percent tax rate on millionaires the " Buffett Rule " after the billionaire lamented that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he does. While Buffett has long supported …
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Warren Buffett Is No 'Card-Carrying Democrat'
… choice for a namesake. President Obama dubbed his plan to institute a minimum 30 percent tax rate on millionaires the " Buffett Rule " after the billionaire lamented that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he does. "I couldn't get a disease …
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Big Paychecks, Tiny Tax Burdens: How 21,000 Wealthy Americans Avoided Paying Income Tax
… percentage points. Obama also plans to enact the " Buffett Rule ," which creates a minimum tax rate of 30 percent for ..... instituting a minimum tax for millionaires, such as the Buffett Rule . Under Obama's plan, the top 1 percent of income …
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The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, May 16, 2012
… multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule ." LINK MITT ROMNEY The Los Angeles Times' Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta: " In Iowa, Mitt Romney focuses on 'prairie …
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White House Augments Presidential Bios With Obama Trivia… Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule ." This is fairly glib for a news nugget on a history ..... rates down for the vast majority of Americans." The Buffett Rule , conversely, would be adding complexity to the tax …
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Susan Collins and Carolyn Maloney Debate… want to ask you one more question he's gotten strike an independent path and the Carson just part of your vote on the Buffett rule . This week I you haven't yet endorsed. And rob you know your the presidential race. I have been Doris Smith no …
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Obama Makes Student Loan Rates Next Big FightSusan Walsh/AP Photo Move over, Buffett Rule . Interest rates on federal student loans are set to become the next election-year flash point between President Obama and congressional …
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In 2012 Campaign, It's Raining Cookies and Dogs… economy. To be clear, the candidates have talked about that, too. Obama has been making the rounds talking about his " Buffett rule " that would raise taxes on the rich. Romney said this week that nearly nothing Obama has done has created jobs. Both …
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The Buck Stops Where and Presidential Travel - Today's Q's for O's WH - 4/19/2012
… so that everybody gets a fair shot, that's the same message he has when he's talking about the need to pass the Buffett rule in the Senate - totally - I think that's absolutely the way it should be. And again, with regards to the - to the …
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'This Week' Transcript: Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Carolyn Maloney
… And I want to publicly thank you for your vote on the Buffett rule and for fair treatment in taxes. I think that was an ..... and the congresswoman just brought up your vote on the Buffett rule this week. I notice that you haven't yet endorsed …
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The GSA scandal is a drop in the Buffett: picturing the scale of the spending
… rich Americans, known as the " Buffett Rule ," which the Senate rejected Monday ..... picture, the opponents of the Buffett Rule were quick to point out how the ..... the estimated revenue from the Buffett rule for fiscal year 2012--$1 …
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Obama Phones Billionaire Namesake of His Tax Plan… company Tuesday that the condition was not life-threatening. Obama's tax plan, the Buffett Rule , failed in a Senate vote this week. The Buffett Rule would have made certain that anyone making over $1 million would be subject to a minimum …
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Warren Buffett Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer… simply not fair she faced double tax rate he picks that is typical right in the metal. President Obama introduced to Buffett rule which would have forced anyone making more than a million dollars to pay the middle class space in tax rates just this …
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Warren Buffet Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer… not fair. She double tax rate he picks that is typical he's right in the middle. President Obama introduced the Buffett rule which would have forced anyone making more than a million dollars dictate what the middle class space in tax rates just …
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The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, April 18, 2012
… Halperin, and Alicia Tejada PRESIDENT OBAMA: USA Today's David Jackson: " Obama hits campaign trail with ' Buffett rule ' " The " Buffett rule " is dead in Congress, but remains very much alive on the campaign trail. President Obama says he will …
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Warren Buffett Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer… pointed out that his tax rate the share of income paid to the federal government is lower than secretaries. The so called Buffett rule emerged are rallying cry that billionaires should pay at least 30% of their in comes in federal taxes. On this vote …
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The GSA scandal's powerful and powerless players
… the OIG report only in passing . More popular Yahoo! News stories: • Boehner endorses Romney in GOP primary • ' Buffett Rule ' is rejected by Senate in symbolic vote • Secret Service strips security clearances from agents in Colombia prostitution …
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‘Buffett Rule' is rejected by Senate in symbolic vote
… voted to block the advancement of " Buffett Rule " legislation, offering Democrats ..... have been pushing to put the " Buffett Rule " (named after billionaire Warren ..... consistently argued that the " Buffett Rule " amounts to nothing more than …
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Transcript: Mitt and Ann Romney's Interview With Diane Sawyer… that'll stop the massive deficits that threaten the future for their kids. DIANE SAWYER: A lot has been made about the Buffett Rule -- going to come up for a vote-- and the fact that your tax plan would give an additional $147,000 by some estimates …
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Monied Romney, Bain Chums Focus of Pro-Obama Super PAC Ad… Obama and Democrats step up pressure on the presumptive Republican nominee for his tax returns and opposition to the Buffett Rule , which would ensure that millionaires like Romney pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes. Obama re-released …
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Mitt Romney's tax musings suggest he wants the rich to pay more
… beer-slugging secretary of state cause stir • Obama's 2011 tax returns show he paid a 20.5 percent effective rate amid ' Buffett Rule ' fight • Obama raises $53 million in March Want more of our best political stories? Visit The Ticket or connect …
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Mitt Romney's vice president search has already started
… Hillary Clinton parties in Colombia • Obama's 2011 tax returns show he paid a 20.5 percent effective rate amid ' Buffett Rule ' fight • Obama raised $53 million in March Want more of our best political stories? Visit The Ticket or connect …
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Secret Service prostitution scandal: Obama calls for investigation; director should be fired, WaPo writer says
… open letter praising Michelle Obama • Obama's 2011 tax returns show he paid a 20.5 percent effective rate amid ' Buffett Rule ' fight Want more of our best political stories? Visit The Ticket or connect with us on Facebook , follow us on Twitter …
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Democrats Play The Transparency Card Against Romney (The Note)… IG288R -The Senate is scheduled to take up the " Buffett rule " proposal to increases taxes on millionaires. Republicans, who call the " Buffett rule " a political distraction and a job killer, are expected …
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Mitt and Ann Romney give ABC interview, Senate takes up ‘Buffett rule ,' House hearing on GSA spending, plus more to look for Monday in politics
… Senate is scheduled to take up the " Buffett rule " proposal to increases taxes on ..... Republicans, who call the " Buffett rule " a political distraction and a job ..... 5 percent effective rate amid ' Buffett Rule ' fight • Romney: Obama administration …
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Obama raises $53 million in March
… open letter praising Michelle Obama • Obama's 2011 tax returns show he paid a 20.5 percent effective rate amid ' Buffett Rule ' fight • Romney: Obama administration has 'emboldened' North Korea Want more of our best political stories? Visit …
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'This Week' Transcript: Timothy Geithner Full Interview… whole administration, this week, for the so-called Buffett Rule , which would establish a minimum effect tax rate of ..... larger share of their income in taxes. And what this Buffett Rule does is make sure that happens by limiting the ability …