113th Congress
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The Committee on Ways and Means is the oldest committee of the United States Congress, and is the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. The Committee derives a large share of its jurisdiction from Article I, Section VII of the U.S. Constitution which declares, "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives."
The Committee on Ways and Means is the oldest committee of the United States Congress, and is the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives.
The Committee derives a large share of its jurisdiction from Article I, Section VII of the U.S. Constitution which declares, "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives."
For all the progress the American economy has made since its near collapse, today it employs 1.3 million fewer people than it did at the start of the recession. The depth of the economic hole we found ourselves in was so severe that the jobs deficit today – six years later – is almost on par with the deepest point of the early 1990s recession.