U.S. Republican Party - Economic Policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic lawmakers were locked in an end-of-year fight on Tuesday that threatens a government shutdown, an effective tax hike for 160 million Americans and the loss of benefits for millions of unemployed.With just days left to resolve ...

READERS WEIGH INA version of this story was posted online at 2 a.m. Thursday. Here is a sampling of comments from our readers.I do not know if a 2 percent tax cut means that much to middle class. If the average wage ...

The Senate shot down another round of proposals Thursday to extend and/or expand a reduction in payroll taxes that expires at the end of the year. Meanwhile, leaders in the House dug in to draft their own payroll tax proposal, one President ...

Defying President Barack Obama's veto threat, the Republican-led US House of Representatives voted to speed up approval of the controversial US-Canada pipeline known as "Keystone XL."In a largely party-line 234-193 vote, lawmakers backed a bill tying the project to a payroll tax ...

Defying a White House veto threat, the US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to tie a payroll tax cut extension to the swift approval of the controversial "Keystone XL" US-Canada oil pipeline.US President Barack Obama's Republican foes used their majority to muscle ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill that would keep the U.S. government operating beyond the weekend appeared in trouble on Tuesday as lawmakers bickered over whether they had resolved policy issues such as abortion funding and travel to Cuba.The bill has been caught ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican bid to force President Barack Obama to speed up approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline project looked set to pass the House of Representatives on Tuesday but will likely stall in the Democratic-controlled Senate, aides said.Republicans have ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell predicted on Sunday that Congress will renew a popular payroll tax cut, but it remained unclear how lawmakers will resolve deep differences before the December 31 deadline.While he did not unveil a new deal, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican lawmakers skirmished on Friday over plans to extend a payroll tax cut seen as crucial to a fragile U.S. economic recovery, but aides predicted a last-minute deal.While independent economists say extending the tax cut would boost ...

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Topic: U.S. Republican Party

Lawmakers in showdown over payroll tax cuts

Reid determined to cut taxes on middle class

Where delegation stands on payroll tax

US House adopts Republican tax cut, pipeline plan

House adopts Republican tax cut, pipeline plan

Spending bill in jeopardy as lawmakers bicker

U.S. spending bill in jeopardy as lawmakers bicker

Republican Keystone, tax cut bill expect to pass on Tuesday

McConnell expects bipartisan deal on tax cut

Tax fight heads toward expected deal: aides

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