The President's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform has once again postponed the date on which they will announce their tax reform recommendations to the U.S. Treasury. The original plans of the panel were stymied due to a dramatically altered legislative landscape in the wake of the recent disaster. Prominent democrats, including House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), a Ways and Means Committee member who also serves as his chamber's campaigns coordinator, are urging the panel to shift focus in their recommendations. Instead of working to pass tax cut extensions, they are hoping the panel will focus on the lower- and middle-class in its suggestions to the president. See the panel's website for more details.