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House Budget Committee Introduces Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolution: Today the House Budget Committee introduced its Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal. Following the introduction of the budget proposal, House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued a statement saying that the proposal “is a plan that balances the budget in less than ten years, secures and strengthens vital programs - like Medicare - provides, our military men and women with the resources they need to protect American families, and would make Washington more efficient, effective, and accountable to hard-working taxpayers.” Among other things, the budget proposal would repeal the Affordable Care Act, cut $5.5 trillion in spending, reduce individual and corporate tax rates, and repeal the alternative minimum tax.
House Ways and Means Committee Member Announces Resignation: Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced today that he would resign from Congress on March 31 following questions about spending by his office.