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Washington Post: From partisan perspective, ‘cliff’ may not be that scary
Dec 31, 2012
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From partisan perspective, ‘cliff’ may not be that scary By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Rosalind S. Helderman, Published: December 30 To many Americans, what’s going on in Washington looks like a circus show that isn’t the least bit entertaining — the nation’s leaders seemingly unable to come up with a...
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WSJ: At Least One House Republican Wants More Revenue
Dec 26, 2012
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Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia is a lonely voice: He’s a House Republican conservative who argues that the government simply has to raise more revenue. In a week when Washington makes one, final effort to get to some kind of deficit-cutting deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, Mr. Rigell’s message stands ...
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Wall Street Journal: Boehner's Budget 'Plan B' Collapses
Dec 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON—House Speaker John Boehner, facing a rebellion in his party's conservative ranks, abandoned his own plan to avert tax increases for most Americans Thursday night, throwing Washington's high-stakes budget negotiations into disarray and bringing the prospect of tumbling over the fiscal clif...
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Daily Press: Rigell Urges House GOP to Ignore No-Tax Pledge
Dec 15, 2012
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By Todd Allen Wilson, tawilson@dailypress.com | 804-643-0499 December 15, 2012 U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, has challenged fellow lawmakers to disregard the no-tax pledge that many of them signed and raise federal revenues to deal with the country's fiscal crisis. Rigell believes revenu...
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Virginian Pilot: Rigell to GOP Colleagues: More Tax Revenue Needed
Dec 15, 2012
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By Bill Sizemore The Virginian-Pilot © December 15, 2012 U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, has joined a small but growing number of Capitol Hill Republicans saying new revenue must be part of the solution to Washington's ongoing budget impasse. In a letter to GOP House colleagues this week, ...
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Politico: Republican Rep. Scott Rigell makes case for revenue
Dec 14, 2012
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By KATE NOCERA Congressman Scott Rigell, one of the most outspoken Republicans to rebuke Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge, has sent a letter to his colleagues laying out the conservative case for increased revenue. Not long ago, the missive would have been heresy among the GOP faithful. But as Spea...
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Roll Call: Tax Politics Turns Upside Down
Dec 13, 2012
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A Rip Van Winkle character who went to sleep three years ago and just woke up in late 2012 might hear the things Republicans have been saying about taxes recently and think the world has turned upside down. Republicans blasting Democrats for being in the pocket of Wall Street because they want to lo...
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