Recent Legislative Highlights :
8/10/10 President Signs Community and Education Relief Legislation Funded With a Tax Package of Foreign Loophole Closers
8/10/10 Congress Passes Community and Education Relief Funded With a Tax Package of Foreign Loophole Closers
8/5/10 Senate Funds Community and Education Relief With a Tax Package of Foreign Loophole Closers
7/2/10 President Signs Homebuyer Credit Extension
6/30/10 Congress Passes Homebuyer Credit Extension
6/29/10 House Passes Homebuyer Credit Extension
6/25/10 President Signs Medicare and Pension Relief Legislation
6/24/10 Congress Passes Medicare and Pension Relief Legislation; Extenders Legislation Falters in Senate
5/28/10 House Passes Revised Version of Extenders Legislation
4/14/10 House Passes Taxpayer Assistance Bill
3/30/10 President Signs Health Care Reconciliation Legislation
3/25/10 Congress Passes Health Care Reconciliation Legislation
3/25/10 Senate Passes Health Care Reconciliation Legislation
3/24/10 House Passes Small Business Tax Legislation
3/23/10 President Signs Healthcare Reform Legislation
3/21/10 Congress Passes Healthcare Reform; House Sends Related Reconciliation Bill to Senate
3/18/10 President Signs Jobs Act
3/17/10 Congress Passes Jobs Bill
3/10/10 Senate Passes Extenders Legislation
1/20/10 House Passes Acceleration of Haiti Charitable Contribution Deductions
12/24/09 Senate Passes Healthcare Reform
12/16/09 House Passes Jobs Legislation
12/9/09 House Passes Extenders Legislation
12/3/09 House Passes Estate Tax Extension
11/7/09 House Passes Healthcare Reform
11/6/09 President Signs Homebuyer Credit and NOL Carryback Extension Lesiglation
11/5/09 House Passes Homebuyer Credit and NOL Carryback Extension
11/4/09 Senate Passes Homebuyer Credit and NOL Carryback Extension
10/13/09 Senate Finance Passes Healthcare Reform
10/8/09 House Passes Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension for Military
2/17/09 President Signs Economic Recovery Legislation
2/13/09 Congress Passes Economic Stimulus Legislation
2/11/09 House and Senate Negotiators Reach Agreement on Economic Stimulus Legislation
2/10/09 Senate Passes Economic Stimulus Legislation
1/28/09 House Passes Economic Stimulus Legislation
1/27/09 Senate Finance Committee Passes Economic Stimulus Legislation
1/22/09 House Ways and Means Committee Passes Economic Stimulus Legislation
12/23/08 President Signs Pension Legislation
12/11/08 Congress Passes Pension Legislation
12/10/08 House Passes Auto Bailout Legislation
12/10/08 House Passes Pension Legislation
10/3/08 President Signs Financial Bailout Legislation
10/3/08 Congress Passes Financial Bailout Legislation
10/1/08 Senate Passes Financial Bailout Legislation
9/24/08 House Passes AMT Relief, Disaster Relief
9/23/08 Senate Passes Tax Legislation
7/26/08 Congress Passes Housing Legislation
7/23/08 House Passes Compromise Housing Legislation
6/25/08 House Passes AMT Relief Legislation
6/17/08 President Signs Military Tax Relief Legislation
5/22/08 Congress Passes Military Tax Relief Legislation
5/22/08 Congress Votes to Override Presidential Veto of Farm Legislation Amid Procedural Mistake
5/21/08 President Vetoes Farm Legislation
5/20/08 House Passes Military Tax Relief Legislation
5/15/08 Senate Passes Farm Legislation
5/14/08 House Passes Farm Legislation
4/15/08 House Passes Taxpayer Rights Legislation
4/10/08 Senate Passes Housing Legislation
2/27/08 House Passes Energy Tax Legislation
2/13/08 President Signs Economic Stimulus Legislation
2/07/08 Congress Passes Economic Stimulus Package
1/29/08 House Passes Economic Stimulus Package
12/29/07 President Signs Tax Technical Corrections Act
12/26/07 President Signs AMT Fix Legislation
12/20/07 President Signs Mortgage Debt Relief Legislation
12/19/07 President Signs Energy and Virginia Tech Victims Legislation
12/19/07 Congress Passes AMT Fix Legislation
12/18/07 House Passes Energy Legislation
12/18/07 House Passes Mortgage Debt Relief; Energy Legislation
12/14/07 Senate Approves Mortgage Debt Relief, Farm Legislation
12/13/07 Senate Sidelines Tax Portion of Energy Legislation
12/12/07 House Passes Revised AMT Relief Bill
12/12/07 Senate Passes Military Tax Relief Bill
11/06/07 House Passes Energy Tax Legislation
11/06/07 Senate Passes AMT Relief without Offsets
11/01/07 Congress Passes Revised SCHIP/Tobacco Tax Legislation
10/30/07 Congress Passes Seven-Year Internet Tax Moratorium
10/25/07 House Passes Revised SCHIP/Tobacco Tax Legislation
10/18/07 House Fails to Override Veto of SCHIP/Tobacco Tax Legislation
10/16/07 House Approves Four-Year Internet Tax Moratorium
10/10/07 House Approves Ban on Private Tax Debt Collection
10/04/07 House Approves Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Legislation
10/03/07 President Vetoes Children’s Health Insurance Legislation with Tobacco Tax Increase
09/27/07 Congress Passes Tobacco Tax Increase
09/07/07 House Passes Ban on Tax Strategy Patents
08/04/07 House Passes Energy Legislation
08/02/07 House and Senate Pass Children’s Health Insurance Expansion, Paid For With Increased Cigarette Taxes
07/27/07 House Passes Farm Bill With Revenue Raiser Focused on Foreign-Owned U.S. Companies
05/25/07 President Signs War Funding Legislation with Small Business Tax Relief
05/24/07 Congress Passes War Funding Legislation With Small Business Tax Relief
05/17/07 Senate Again Passes War Funding Legislation But Without Small Business Tax Relief
05/10/07 House Again Passes Small Business Tax Relief
05/02/07 President Vetoes War Spending/Minimum Wage/Small Business Tax Relief Legislation; House Override Vote Falls Short
04/26/07 Congress Passes War Spending/Minimum Wage/Small Business Tax Relief Legislation
04/17/07 House Passes Taxpayer Protection Bill
03/29/07 Senate Passes War Supplemental Bill With Minimum Wage Increase and Tax Relief Package
03/23/07 House Passes War Supplemental Bill That Includes Small Business Tax Relief
02/16/07 House Passes Small Business Tax Relief Bill
02/01/07 Senate Passes Minimum Wage Hike/Small Business Tax Relief Bill
12/09/06 Congress Passes Year-End Tax Legislation
8/17/06 President Signs Pension Legislation
8/3/06 Senate Passes Pension Legislation; Estate Tax / Extenders Bill Fails to Advance
7/29/06 House Passes Estate Tax Relief / Tax Extenders / Minimum Wage Increase Legislation
7/28/06 House Passes Pension Legislation
06/22/06 House Passes Estate Tax Relief Legislation
05/17/06 President Signs Tax Reconciliation Legislation
05/11/06 Senate Passes Tax Reconciliation Legislation
05/10/06 House Passes Tax Reconciliation Legislation
05/10/06 Conference Committee Reaches Agreement on Tax Reconciliation Package
04/07/06 Congress Recesses Without Action on Tax Reconciliation or Pension Reform
12/21/05 President Signs Gulf Coast Recovery/Technical Correction Legislation
12/16/05 Congress Passes Tax Legislation Focused on Gulf Coast Recovery
12/08/05 Houses Passes Tax Reconciliation Legislation
12/07/05 Houses Passes AMT Patch, Small Extenders, Hurricane Recovery Bills
11/17/05 Senate Passes Tax Reconciliation Legislation
11/16/05 Senate Passes Pension Reform Legislation
9/23/05 President Signs Katrina Tax Relief Legislation
9/21/05 House Passes Compromise Katrina Tax Relief Legislation
9/18/05 House and Senate Pass Hurricane Katrina Tax Relief
8/10/05 President Signs Highway Legislation
8/08/05 President Signs Energy Legislation
7/29/05 Congress Passes Energy Legislation
7/27/05 Conference Agreement Reached on Energy Legislation
7/22/05 President Signs Another Highway Funding Extension
7/20/05 President Signs Another Highway Funding Extension
7/01/05 President Signs Further Highway Funding Extension
6/28/05 Senate Passes Energy Bill
5/26/05 Congress Approves 30-Day Extension of Current Highway Funding
5/23/05 House Passes Military IRA Measure
5/17/05 Senate Passes Highway Reauthorization Legislation With Revenue Raisers
4/21/05 House Passes Energy Legislation
4/20/05 President Signs Bankruptcy Reform Legislation
4/15/05 President Signs Disaster Relief Exclusion Legislation
4/14/05 House Passes Bankruptcy Reform Legislation
4/13/05 House Passes Estate Tax Repeal
3/10/05 Senate Passes Bankruptcy Reform Bill
3/10/05 House Passes Highway Reauthorization Tax Bill
1/7/05 Charitable Deduction Extension for Tsunami Donations Enacted
12/24/04 President Signs Arrow Tax Changes into Law
12/22/04 President Signs Law Retaining Status of YMCA Retirement Fund
12/8/04 Congress Revises Arrow Tax; Nocks and Vanes Escape
10/22/04 President Signs American Jobs Creation Act
10/11/04 Senate Passes ETI Repeal Legislation
10/7/04 House Passes ETI Repeal Legislation
10/6/04 ETI Repeal Legislation Clears Conference Committee
10/4/04 President Signs Tax Extenders Legislation
9/30/04 President Signs Further Highway Funding Extension
9/23/04 House Extends Adoption Tax Credit
9/23/04 House and Senate Pass Tax Extenders Legislation
9/22/04 Conference Agreement Reached on Tax Extenders Package
7/30/04 President Signs Further Highway Funding Extension
7/23/04 House Passes Small Business Expensing, Form 1040 EZ Expansion; Congressional Efforts on ETI Repeal and Extenders Stall Until September
6/30/04 President Signs Further Highway Funding Extension
6/22/04 House Passes Dependent Care Assistance Legislation
6/17/04 House Passes International Tax Reform Legislation
6/15/04 House Passes Energy Legislation Again
6/14/04 House Ways and Means Committee Clears International Tax Reform Legislation
6/2/04 House Approves Simplified Form 1040 for Seniors
5/20/04 House Passes Child Tax Credit Extension
5/19/04 Highway Bill Moves to Conference
5/19/04 Senate Passes Tax Administration Legislation
5/17/04 House Passes Expansion of Renewal Communities / New Markets Credit
05/13/04 House Passes 10 Percent Bracket Increase Extension
05/12/04 House Passes FSA Rollover Legislation
05/11/04 Senate Passes International Tax Reform Legislation
05/5/04 House Passes AMT Relief Extension
04/30/04 President Signs Highway Funding Extension
04/29/04 Senate and House Passed Highway Funding Extension Moves to White House
04/29/04 Senate Approves Temporary Internet Access Tax Moratorium Extension
04/28/04 Houses Passes Marriage Penalty Relief Extension
04/21/04 Houses Passes Tax Relief for Military Reservists
04/10/04 President Signs Pension Funding Equity Act
04/08/04 Senate Passes Pension Liability Calculator
04/02/04 House Passes Pension Legislation, Highway Bill
04/01/04 Conference Agreement Reached on Pension Liability Calculator
02/12/04 Senate Passes Highway Legislation with Revenue Raisers
01/28/04 Senate Passes Revised Pension Liability Calculator
12/09/03 Congress Adjourns for Year Leaving Major Tax Legislation Pending for 2004
12/08/03 President Signs Medicare Prescription Drug Legislation
11/25/03 Senate Passes Medicare Prescription Drug Legislation
11/22/03 Houses Passes Medicare Prescription Drug Legislation
11/20/03 Houses Passes Extenders/Pension Legislation
11/18/03 Houses Passes Energy Legislation
11/17/03 Proposed Conference Report on Energy Legislation Finally Emerges
11/11/03 President Signs Military Tax Relief Act
11/05/03 House Passes Military Tax Bill; President to Sign
11/03/03 Senate Passes Military Tax Bill
10/28/03 House Ways and Means Approves ETI Repeal Legislation
10/08/03 House Passes Revised Pension Liability Calculator
10/01/03 Senate Finance Approves ETI Repeal Legislation
09/30/03 Temporary Extender Tax Legislation Signed by President
09/17/03 House Passes Charity and Internet Legislation
09/09/03 Ways and Means Clears Charitable Giving Bill
07/31/03 Senate Passes Energy Legislation
07/18/03 House Ways and Means Committee Clears Pension Bill
06/27/03 House and Senate Approve Medicare Prescription Drug Bills
06/19/03 House Passes Taxpayer Rights Bill
06/18/03 House Passes Estate Tax Repeal
06/12/03 House Approves Expanded Version of Child Tax Credit Legislation
06/05/03 Senate Passes Legislation to "Fix" Child Tax Credit
05/28/03 President Signs Jobs and Growth Tax Act
05/23/03 Congress Passes Jobs and Growth Tax Bill
05/22/03 House/Senate Conference Committee Approves Jobs and Growth Tax Bill
05/15/03 Senate Passes Jobs and Growth Tax Bill
05/14/03 House Passes Pension Security Bill
05/09/03 House Passes Jobs and Growth Bill
05/08/03 Senate Finance Clears Version of Jobs and Growth Bill
05/06/03 Ways and Means Clears Jobs and Growth Bill
04/11/03 House Passes Energy Bill
04/09/03 Senate Passes Charity Tax Bill
04/09/03 House Passes Revised Armed Forces Tax Bill
04/03/03 Ways and Means and Senate Finance Clear Energy Tax Bills
04/03/03 Ways and Means Approves Taxpayer Protection Bill
04/02/03 House Passes Social Security Protection Bill
04/02/03 Senate Finance Marks Up Tax Court Modernization Bill
03/27/03 Senate Passes Armed Forces Tax Bill
03/20/03 House Passes Armed Forces Tax Bill
03/19/03 House Passes Tax Relief, Simplification and Equity Act
03/19/03 House Approves Bankruptcy Reform Bill
02/27/03 Ways & Means Committee Marks-Up Armed Forces Tax Bill