Alan Fram

Watchdog: IRS enjoy luxury rooms at conference

By Alan Fram, STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | June 4, 2013

The IRS was cited by a government watchdog for a $4.1 million training conference featuring luxury rooms and free drinks, even as conservative figures told Congress Tuesday they had been abused for years while seeking tax-exempt status.
IRS replaces official who revealed targeting

By Alan Fram, STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | May 24, 2013

The IRS official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity was put on administrative leave.
IRS official Lerner swears she did nothing wrong

By Alan Fram, Stepehen Ohlemacher | May 22, 2013

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.
Budget cuts blowback

By Alan Fram | February 15, 2013

What does smaller government look like? The budget standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans means Americans may soon find out, and the picture the Obama administration sketches is downright scary.
Most see damage if debt limit isn’t raised

By Alan Fram, Jennifer Agiesta | January 18, 2013

Most Americans think jarring economic problems will erupt if lawmakers fail to increase the government's borrowing limit. Yet they're torn over how or even whether to raise it, leaning toward Republican demands that any boost be accompanied by spending cuts.
Congress OKs cliff deal

By Alan Fram | January 2, 2013

Congress' excruciating, extraordinary New Year's Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the rich that he campaigned on.
Big rhetoric, tiny numbers separate Obama, Boehner

By Alan Fram | December 20, 2012

In the "fiscal cliff" standoff, President Barack Obama wants to raise taxes by about $20 billion a year more than House Speaker John Boehner. The president wants to spend about that much more yearly than Boehner does, too.
White House threatens veto of GOP budget plan

By Alan Fram | December 19, 2012

The White House threatened Wednesday to veto House Speaker John Boehner's backup plan for averting the "fiscal cliff," saying it was time for Republicans to stop political posturing and continue trying to reach a compromise deficit-cutting package.
Poll shows support for raising taxes on the rich

By Alan Fram, Jennifer Agiesta | December 5, 2012

Americans prefer letting tax cuts expire for the country's top earners, as President Barack Obama insists, while support has declined for cutting government services to curb budget deficits, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows. Fewer than half the Republicans polled favor continuing the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy.
Fewer moderates make deals harder

By Alan Fram | November 26, 2012

When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term.