On Nov. 1, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Congressional Research Service Director Mary B. Mazanec requesting information about what led CRS to withdraw a September report that found no correlation between tax cuts and economic growth. The report’s withdrawal from the CRS Web site followed Senate Republican complaints to CRS about the report. The report’s findings undermined the age-old Republican argument - pushed again this year as part of the GOP’s tax plan - that tax cuts will pay for themselves through economic growth.
Below are links to the correspondence between Ranking Member Levin and CRS Director Mary Mazanec regarding the report’s withdrawal.
Rep. Levin letter to CRS (Nov. 1)
https://levin.house.gov/sites/levin.house.gov/files/documents/Resources/pdf/Levin%20first%20 letter%20to%20CRS%2011-1.pdf
Director Mazanec letter to Rep. Levin (Nov. 6)
https://levin.house.gov/sites/levin.house.gov/files/documents/Resources/pdf/CRS%20first%20 response%20to%20Levin%2011-6.pdf
Rep. Levin response to CRS (Nov. 15)
https://levin.house.gov/sites/levin.house.gov/files/documents/Resources/pdf/Levin%20follow-up%20response%20to%20CRS%2011-15.pdf
Director Mazanec response to Rep. Levin (Nov. 16)
https://levin.house.gov/sites/levin.house.gov/files/documents/Resources/pdf/CRS%20second%20 reponse%20to%20Levin%2011-16.pdf
