Panel Urges Big Cut in Mortgage Deduction
President Bush's advisory commission on taxes recommended a simplified tax system on Tuesday that would erase tax breaks that many Americans enjoy.
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Court Choice Is Conservative by Nature, Not Ideology
An examination of several chapters in Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s life suggests he is conservative by temperament, upbringing and experience.
View ArticleDirector of Congressional Budget Office to Leave
Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin has often been a thorn in the side of the Bush administration since he became director of the nonpartisan agency.
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Politics as Usual, and Then Some
Critics have complained that the Bush administration pursues its political and ideological goals even when they are in conflict with data collected by agencies.
View ArticleNew Twist in Texas Districting Dispute
Justice Department officials defended the approval of a Texas redistricting plan, which helped Republicans gain seats in Congress.
View ArticleFight in House for White House Files on Katrina
A new battle over Congressional access to White House files broke out over the response to Hurricane Katrina.
View ArticleBush Account of a Leak's Impact Has Support
As an example of the damage caused by unauthorized disclosures to reporters, President Bush said that Osama bin Laden had been tipped by a leak that the U.S. was tracking his location through his...
View ArticleAlito Memo in '84 Favored Immunity for Top Officials
The attorney general should be immune from lawsuits over illegal wiretaps, Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote in a 1984 memorandum.
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Lloyd Bentsen Dies at 85; Senator Ran With Dukakis
Lloyd Bentsen was involved in some of the most important legislative battles of the second half of the 20th century.
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George McGovern Dies at 90, a Liberal Trounced but Never Silenced
To the liberal Democratic faithful, Mr. McGovern remained a standard-bearer well into old age, writing and lecturing even as his name was routinely invoked by conservatives as synonymous with what they...
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