President Bush issued an executive order yesterday extending the deadline for the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform to isse its final report from July 31 to September 30. Advisory Panel Chairman Connie Mack and Vice-Chairman John Breaux issed this statement:

The President’s Advisory Panel has done an incredible amount of work in a short period of time.  We have held nine meetings all across the country, heard testimony from nearly 90 witnesses, and we have received more than 4,300 written comments.  We were on track to issue our report by July 31st. Nevertheless, we are comfortable taking additional time to complete our work. We look forward to issuing our recommendations in September and giving this important Presidential priority the full public debate and dialogue that it deserves.