On
November 1, Rep. Sandy Levin, D-MI, wrote a letter
to the director of the Congressional Research Service, Mary Mazanec, to express
his "deep concern" about the CRS decision to remove the "Taxes and the Economy"
report from its website. Levin
asked the director for an explanation of the removal, who made the decision,
and "what considerations led to it."
The director has not yet responded.
Sander,
who is considered the top tax writing Democrat in the House, is the ranking
member of the House Ways and Means Committee, where all tax legislation
originates. On November 6, he was
re-elected with 62% of the vote from his newly-drawn Michigan district.
The
report, which remains available from a variety of online sources, remains unchallenged
by any contrary evidence. The
report's key finding was that there was no evidence to support the idea that
tax cuts for the wealthy produce economic growth. Even though Republicans succeeded in suppressing the report,
they have presented no rebuttal evidence, such as support for the proposition
that the Bush tax cuts produced the Bush economic boom during his term in
office.
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