
Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican, is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. (Associated Press)

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp, Michigan Republican, has asked the IRS to specify how it will use a half-billion dollars it's getting to implement the new health care law. Republicans are revamping their strategy against Obamacare. (Associated Press)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (left), Montana Democrat, and House Ways and Means Committee Charman Rep. David Camp, Michigan Republican, raise their hands Feb. 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill as the bipartisan House and Senate conferees gather to sign the compromise agreement. (Associated Press)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (left) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp raise their hands Thursday on Capitol Hill. Congressional leaders gathered to sign off on a final deal to extend the payroll-tax cuts through the rest of this year. (Associated Press)

House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, and fellow Republican leaders meet Dec. 13, 2011, with reporters on Capitol Hill before a crucial vote on a GOP effort to renew an extension of the payroll-tax cut. From second from left are Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. (Associated Press)

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said it looks like a deal will be worked out between President Obama and Capitol Hill Republicans that would allow the three long-stalled trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to pass. "I think [members] are distracted with the debt issues," he said. "I think [the trade deals] are passed after the debt limit." (Associated Press)

Rep. Dave Camp, House Ways and Means Committee chairman, said Tuesday the House vote on raising the nation's debt ceiling "sends a clear and critical message that the Congress has finally recognized we must immediately begin to rein in America's affection for deficit spending." (Associated Press)

** FILE ** Rep. Sander M. Levin, Michigan Democrat, is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. (AP Photo)

Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee meet at Capitol Hill in Washington where it was indicated that they would support a two-year tax cut plan in opposition to the three-year one offered by the Reagan administration, June 3, 1981. From left are panel members Sam Gibbons of Fla. and chairman of the panel Dan Rostenkowski of Ill. Men in center and right are unidentified aides. (AP Photo/John Duricka)