Taxation & Estate Planning

TWO PLUS TWO
Last week, White House adviser David Axelrod noted that immigration reform would not happen in the near term unless there was bipartisan support. That's really always been the case, but the comment seems consistent with something said this week by Senate Democratic leaders (as noted in an email alert sent by America's Voice today): During a news conference held by Senate Democratic leaders yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, Sen...

Pelosi, Reid to Bush: We Are Committed to Working With You and Our Republican Colleagues to Enact a Bipartisan Bill Without Further Delay
Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent the following letter this afternoon to President Bush on the urgent need to pass bipartisan legislation to address the crisis in the financial markets: September 30, 2008 The Honorable George W...

JARRING MISCOMMUNICATION: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday scrapped a bipartisan jo
“JARRING MISCOMMUNICATION:” “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday scrapped a bipartisan jobs bill unveiled hours earlier that had been endorsed by the White House, in a jarring miscommunication between the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders...

N.Y. Democrats May Skip Gay Marriage Vote
NY Times: After a pledge from New York Democratic leaders that their party would legalize same-sex marriage if they won control of the State Senate this year, money from gay rights supporters poured in from across the country, helping cinch a Democratic victory...

Lawmakers Pledge Bipartisan Effort on Patent Changes

Bipartisan Civil Rights Tax Relief Act Is Reintroduced
he Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (CRTRA), HR.3035/S.1360, a bill that would exclude compensatory damages in employment and civil rights cases from the definition of gross income for income tax purposes, has been reintroduced in the House and Senate...

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Mylicon Baby's Gas Relief Drops
Urgently Recalled Nationwide