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Five steps to remedy IRS wrongs

...Barack Obama did a "boy, I'm mad too!" news conference Wednesday and announced Miller's firing. The House Ways and Means Committee's subpanel on IRS oversight will open hearings Friday today.One hopes that these events will ultimately make...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-05-17/five-steps-remedy-i
Guest Columns
Budget chief faces backlash on Vikings bill

...being generated per gambling site averages about half what forecasters projected. Appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, Schowalter said officials are concerned by the lagging gambling proceeds and are looking for ways to aid the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2013-03-04/budget-chief-faces-backlas
Political
GOP questions 'cuts' in Dayton budget

...agencies to other programs. The issue was first raised by GOP Rep. Denny McNamara during a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, which is charged with piecing together the legislative budget. It gathered Monday for its first detailed look...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2013-01-28/gop-questions-cuts-dayton-
Political
Lawmakers curious about budget post-cliff

...cliff deal that temporarily averted an economic crisis is shaping the economic picture closer to home. The House Ways and Means Committee was getting an overview Monday from finance officials about the numbers behind the state's $1.1 billion projected...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2013-01-14/lawmakers-curious-about-bu
Political
Agriculture vs. DFL?

...and children, a Dairy Development Program, and the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, DFLers on the Ways and Means Committee - including Rep. Wagenius - identified additional funding to backfill many of the cuts.Rather than argue about...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-01-18/agriculture-vs-dfl
Open Forum
Lawmakers start examination of Dayton plan

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republicans on Minnesota's influential House Ways and Means Committee say some of what appeared to be cuts in Gov. Mark Dayton's budget blueprint are actually reallocated spending. The committee...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2013-01-28/lawmakers-start-examinatio
Political
Locked in unending blood feud?

...Capitol, Republican House members opened up the Ways and Means Committee room so that he could counsel them on The Pledge...Sander Levin of Michigan, the top Democrat on the Ways and Means committee, had a less favorable view of the spectacle as...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-06-25/locked-unending-blood-
Columnists
Clinton-era welfare reform is gutted by administration

...million people are still enrolled according to federal figures.Republican Rep. Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee ranking Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch have asked Secretary Sebelius to explain her...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-07-16/clinton-era-welfare-reform-gutted
Opinion
Bait and switch on Obamacare

...increase during a lingering recession. Twenty-one new taxes are associated with Obamacare, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. That doesn't include the scheduled year-end expiration of the Bush tax cuts. President Obama has said taxes...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-07-03/bait-and-switch-obamac
Columnists
Reform bill deserves passage

...from all 87 Minnesota counties. It passed the Senate last year on a 62-1 vote. It is currently in the House Ways and Means Committee.The MAGIC Act is a common sense program that costs taxpayers very little. In fact, many of the pilot programs...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2012-04-30/reform-bill-deserve
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