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Brady Calls GDP Report Beyond Disappointing
4/27/12U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, reacted to today's report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis that real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.2% during< Read more > -
Congressman Kevin Brady Testifies for Texas' Sales Tax Deduction, Research & Development Tax Credits and an End to the onerous Death Tax
4/26/12Today, Congressman Kevin Brady, a senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee, testified at a subcommittee hearing on expired and expiring tax credits and deductions. Mr. Brady focused his time on important research and development tax credits that< Read more > -
Brady Grills Obama Labor Dept. Official Over Stalled Jobless Program Reforms
4/25/12In today's House Ways & Means Subcommittee hearing on moving Americans from Unemployment Checks to Paychecks, senior committee member Kevin Brady grilled a top Department of Labor (DOL) official over the Obama Administration delaying unemployment refo< Read more > -
Orangefield Student's Art to be Displayed in the US Capitol
4/24/12U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady announced today that Hunter Puckett of Orangefield High School will represent the Eighth Congressional District at the 2012 Congressional Art Competition held in Washington, DC. Hunter's award-winning artwork, Just Five Mo< Read more > -
Medicare and Social Security Remain on a Path to Insolvency
4/23/12Today's annual reports from the trustees for Social Security and Medicare showed no improvement in the programs' fiscal health. The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A, showed no improvement and is expected to ex< Read more > -
Brady Disputes White House Claims on ObamaCare Impact on Seniors
4/23/12U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, called out the White House on their claim today that Medicare and the nation's elderly will save money from the president's new health care law. The Administra< Read more > -
65 Freshman Voice Support for Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Process
4/20/12Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) statement in support of the letter initiated by Ways and Means Member Tom Reed (R-NY) and signed by 65 House freshmen Members in support of the Miscellaneous Tarif< Read more > -
House Republican Press Conference on the 20% Small Business Tax Cut
4/19/12Participants: Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) Congressman Bobby Schilling (R-IL)< Read more > -
Ways & Means Committee Closes $7 Billion Tax Loophole for Illegal Immigrants
4/19/12A proposal to shut down a tax loophole that allows illegal immigrants to fraudulently collect billions of dollars in government checks passed out of the U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means by a 22-12 party line vote. "This is long overdue. Why are hard< Read more > -
Fair Tax Press Conference
4/17/12Joining my colleagues in the House and Senate to speak out for the Fair Tax.< Read more > -
Tax Freedom Day Falls Four Days Later This Year
4/11/12Texas Tax Freedom Day has arrived -- four days later this year than last and our National Tax Freedom Day falls next Tuesday on the deadline for all Americans to send in their tax returns. That means Texans worked four more days this year – until to< Read more > -
White House Not Waiting for Supreme Court before Spending Another $500 million to Hire IRS ObamaCare Agents
4/9/12A senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee is outraged that the Obama Administration stop spending $500 million to hire ‘a slew' of new IRS agents to enforce ObamaCare's individual mandate.< Read more > -
President Obama's White House is a Glass House
4/3/12President Obama's budget speech today was just another example of putting politics over policy. Texas Congressman Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the Joint Economic Committee and a senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee, says instead of< Read more >