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Jim Abrams
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Latest Articles by Jim Abrams
Social Security begins taking online applications
The Social Security Administration, bracing for the coming eligibility of 80 million baby boomers, is introducing an online application that will allow people to apply...
House bill provides relief for pension funds
The House has voted to extend relief to employers facing billions of dollars in increased payments to pension funds at a time when the market has undermined the funds'...
Obama to usher in major shift in trade policy
The election of Barack Obama has delivered a decisive victory to "fair traders," mainly Democrats and their allies who for years have contended that the free-trade pol...
Lawmakers blast shifts in bailout plan
Lawmakers complained Friday that the Bush administration is ignoring the will of Congress and slighting homeowners on the verge of foreclosure in its latest approach t...
Capitol Visitor Center opens after delay, overrun
Three years behind schedule and almost $360 million above budget, the Capitol Visitor Center prepares to open its doors to millions of tourists who now must endure lon...
These taxpayers might want the IRS to find them
The IRS on Thursday announced its own little economic bailout plan, worth about $266 million, for taxpayers who didn't get their economic stimulus checks or regular in...
Lawmaker: Pay to veterans is off by $20 million
The Pentagon, in a rush to shrink a backlog of unprocessed claims, wrongfully denied money to nearly 2,000 severely disabled veterans, a House lawmaker said Wednesday....
Treasury office faults IRS computer security
Two new IRS computer systems that will eventually cost taxpayers almost $2 billion are being put into service with known security and privacy vulnerabilities, a Treasu...
Tax dodgers could cover much of budget gap
Getting people to pay the taxes they owe could be one significant way of coping with dizzying increases in the federal deficit and the potential $700 billion price tag...
Government asked to track Chinese textile imports
The House lawmaker in charge of trade wants the government to track what could be a dramatic increase in imports of Chinese-made clothing and other textile products on...
IRS eases tax rules on US firms with foreign units
The Internal Revenue Service, seeking to make cash more available during the current credit crunch, has issued a rule making it easier for U.S. corporations to bring h...
Though bailout package is approved, putting it into action may prove hard
WASHINGTON - Getting the financial rescue through Congress may have been the easy part. Getting it to work may prove the tougher task.
