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January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Spending and the Deficit

January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Spending and the Deficit

January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Taxes

January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Taxes

January 10 - Creating a Quick Tax Break

January 17 - Chairman Emanuel's Committee Power Play

January 17 - DNC Chief Hopefuls Dial '527'

January 17 - Six Obstacles to Halving the Deficit

January 17 - Spree of Mergers and Buy-Outs Expected When New Treasury Regulations Kick In

January 24 - Insurers Risk Loss of Special Status

January 24 - Reinventing Bush Country

January 24 - Vacant Seat at the Tax Table

February 7 - 'Progressive' Tax Debate: Rich vs. Poor

February 7 - Code Words: Tax Neutrality

February 7 - Fun Facts About Tax Complexity

February 7 - Tax Brackets for 2005

February 7 - Tax Cuts Bring State Revenue Down

February 7 - Tax Quirks Cause 'Disincentive to Work'

February 7 - Taxpayers Face Codified Confusion

February 7 - Ten Most Expensive Federal Tax Breaks

February 7 - The Uneven Field: Disparate Tax Burdens Encourage Cheating

February 14 - Bush Budget: Treasury

February 14 - Bush's $1.4 Trillion Tax Proposal

February 14 - Bush's Budget: A Thousand Pages of Political Pain

February 14 - Political Economy: Tomorrow's Another Day

February 14 - Social Security: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts?

February 14 - Tax Cuts: When the Fix Is Not In

February 14 - Taxes and Other Revenues by Source

March 14 - Foes Line Up to Blast Budget Plans

March 14 - The Deficit FYI: Save a Skeptical Eye For Deficit Dance

March 28 - Senate Protects Tax Cuts

March 28 - Tax Credits, Breaks Expiring in 2005

March 28 - This Year's Fight: Tax Extenders

April 4 - Encouraging More Savings

April 4 - Political Economy: Follow the Money

April 4 - Social Security Status Quo Through the Ages

April 4 - Social Security's Twofold Problem

April 4 - Tax Break: Mother Of 'Innovation'?

April 11 - Bush Tax Panelists See No Conflict of Interest, Despite Corporate Ties

April 11 - GOP Split on Mandatory Program Cuts

April 18 - Charities Call on K Street

April 18 - Fighting to Retain Tax Privileges

April 18 - House Hits 4-0 on Estate Tax Repeal

April 18 - House Ready to Debate Energy Bill

April 25 - GOP Hopes to Break Medicaid Impasse

April 25 - IRS Set to Lean Harder On Wayward Taxpayers

April 25 - Senate Bill Would Give Tax Court New Jurisdiction, Hiring Freedom

May 2 - Bush Takes New Tack on Social Security

May 2 - Fiscal 2006 Plan Narrowly Adopted

May 9 - Congress Puts in Its Two Cents

May 9 - Five Legislative Proposals From Which to Choose

May 9 - Political Economy: The Price of Insurance

May 16 - Client of the Month Club: National Limousine Association

May 16 - Ways and Means Wades Into Social Security Debate

May 23 - Military, Government Workers Would Get Tax Benefit for Health Program Under Bill

May 30 - Domenici Hopeful on Energy

May 30 - House Passes Help for Military's Retirement

June 6 - Assessing the Value of Art Treasures

June 6 - Estate Tax Deal Urgent, Elusive

June 6 - One Big Wrinkle In the Estate Tax Repeal

June 6 - States' Lament Over 'Death Tax'

June 13 - National Sales Tax: The Pros and Cons

June 13 - Other Tax Options

June 20 - Bush Pushes Back Deadline For Tax Code Overhaul Commission

June 20 - Senate Bill Stresses Conservation

July 4 - Political Economy: Now You See It . . .

July 11 - Top Issues for Foreign Companies

July 11 - U.S. Lobbying Firms Go Global

July 18 - Hybrid Car Credit Accelerates on Hill

July 18 - Political Economy: Summer of Discontent

August 1 - Energy Tax Breaks Tilt to Windmills, Others

August 1 - Political Economy: Breather Lessons

August 8 - Estate Tax Battle Awaits Senate's Return

August 8 - Political Economy: Blue Ribbon, Tied Up

August 15 - No Easy Remedy For AMT Blues

September 5 - Details of Energy Policy Law

September 5 - Fall Agenda: Budget Reconciliation

September 5 - Fall Agenda: Estate Tax Repeal

September 5 - Fall Agenda: Social Security Overhaul

September 5 - GOP Works to Extend Tax Breaks

September 5 - Insurance Groups Take Exception to Estate Tax Repeal

September 5 - Political Economy: Stormy Stagnation

September 5 - Ten Most Costly U.S. Catastrophes

September 12 - Political Economy: Pitfalls of a Stimulus

September 12 - Revamped Agenda Focuses on Relief

September 19 - A New Formula for Forgotten Bills Is to Just Add Hurricane Relief

September 19 - Chambers Hustle on Katrina Tax Breaks

September 19 - Recalibrating Reconciliation

September 26 - Congress and the Chamber of Publishing Industry Secrets

September 26 - Congress Passes More Katrina Bills

September 26 - Demolished Tax Shelter Leaves Many in the Rain

September 26 - Fixing States of Retail Tax Confusion

September 26 - The Deficit's Hard Truths

October 3 - Political Economy: Boomers, Not Savers

October 10 - U.S. to Fight World Group's Ruling Against Last Year's Corporate Tax Law

October 10 - Values Bloc Calls Casino Tax Breaks a Bad Bet

October 17 - Creating New Jobs -- For Hiring Consultants

October 17 - Hurricanes Cloud Reconciliation Forecast

October 17 - Political Economy: A Missed Opportunity

October 24 - Activists Are Orphans of the Tax Code

October 24 - Wall St.'s Post-Katrina Plan

October 31 - Colorado's Test Vote on Tax Revolt

October 31 - Katrina-Damaged Areas Could Receive More Aid Soon

October 31 - The Republican Study Committee's Six Checkpoints for Legislation

November 7 - Political Economy: Less Saving, More Lending

November 7 - Tax Panel Completes Its Report

November 7 - Trying to Hold On for the Walton Family Foundation

November 14 - Ample Tax Grief for Grassley

November 14 - Investors Await a Phantom Tax Cut

November 14 - Political Economy: Housing Development

November 14 - Superfund at 25: Time for a Makeover?

November 21 - Nashville Songwriters Catch a Tax Break

November 21 - Political Economy: Going to the Well

November 21 - Reconciliation Packages Move Forward

November 21 - Savings Bill Heads to Conference Battle

November 21 - Testing the Tuna Tax

December 5 - When Taxes Attack -- Slowly

December 12 - House Passes Three Related Tax Bills

December 12 - Machinery Not in Place for Tax Code Overhaul

December 12 - Tax Bills Move Through House

December 26 - Second Gulf Coast Tax Relief Bill Clears