Dave Camp

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision.  President Barack Obama used a recess...

The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...

It's only Wednesday, yet this week is already proving to be a big one for meaningless political gestures. Echoing Sunday's comments by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), President Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to put off -- again -- the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Too intimidated to fill out your tax return without help? Join the club. At nearly 4 million words, the U.S. tax law is so thick and complicated that businesses and individuals spend more than 6 billion hours a year complying...

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is hailing a last-minute deal that pulled the country back from the "fiscal cliff," but warned that he "will not compromise" over his insistence that Congress lift the federal debt ceiling. Obama said in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that...

Past its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a...

DETROIT (AP) — Republicans are heading into Election Day with a two-seat majority in Michigan's congressional delegation and high hopes of maintaining the edge, but three surprisingly close races have Democrats eyeing a previously unexpected...

TITTABAWASSEE TOWNSHIP (AP) — Mid-Michigan's MBS International Airport has unveiled its $55 million passenger terminal. The Midland Daily News reports that political, community and business leaders gathered Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at...

An area congressman announced Saturday that he will begin undergoing cancer treatments. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, is one of the most powerful men in Washington. He just celebrated his 59th...