The alternative minimum tax was designed to prevent the very wealthiest Americans from overusing certain tax benefits to avoid most of their tax burden.

President Bush is manufacturing a crisis by suggesting that Social Security is in imminent danger. It is not.

The ABA works tirelessly in its efforts involving the first line of defense: the prevention of burn injuries.

Let me say at the outset that I do not reflexively oppose international trade.

The Tax Code today is more complicated than ever, and the very people on the Republican side who denounce the Tax Code's complexity are the ones that put together what they now call a convoluted monstrosity. They put it into effect.

Unfortunately, more and more Muslim voices are calling for boycotts of the United States and its products.

Let me announce this to the American people tonight one of the best things about this debate, as a Democrat from Massachusetts, I have proposed eliminating, getting rid of the alternative minimum tax.