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• Why the Health Care Tax Credit Eludes Many Small Businesses

  September 26, 2012 - The Agenda has now profiled three small businesses that are struggling in different ways with providing health insurance to employees. The companies are very different — they trade in very different parts of the economy, and couldn’t be located much further apart geographically — but they do have on... More

• Paulsen Releases GAO Report on Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Systems

  September 26, 2012 - Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, released a report prepared at his request by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report, titled “Information Technology: Department of Labor... More

• The Truth About Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Welfare Reform

  September 25, 2012 - Earlier this year the Obama administration announced it would be issuing waivers that affect the work requirement included in the landmark reform of the nation's welfare system. As soon as they did, politicians on both sides of the aisle ran to the barricades, digging in for a protracted fight. The ... More

• ObamaCare Broken Promises Continue: Higher Costs and Fewer with Employer-Sponsored Health Care

  September 25, 2012 - In 2009, President Obama promised the American people that his health care plan, “will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government.” Now : The verdict is in, and it is clear that President Obama has failed to deliver. Instead, the Democrats’ health care... More

• Obama Top Advisor “Axes” Attempt to Save Social Security

  September 24, 2012 - Today, when asked what the President’s plan was to save Social Security for future generations, top Obama advisor David Axelrod could not identify a single proposal that the President would consider, choosing instead to follow those like Vice President Biden and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wh... More

• Herger Opening Statement: Hearing on Medicare Advantage

  September 21, 2012 - Today we will hear testimony regarding the current role of Medicare health plans, and look to the future of how these plans can continue to effectively serve Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare has allowed private health care plans to deliver care to beneficiaries since the 1970s. Significant and nume... More