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July 26, 2010 - by Hilary Worden
Taxes are expected to be a major point of contention in September, Reid wants to change filibuster rules, and more in today’s Congress Links.
- President Obama and Senate Republicans fueded over ending Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. (USA Today)
- Harry Reid [D-NV] says the Democrats will try to change Senate filibuster rules. (The Hill)
- Democrats are promoting more manufacturing jobs in the U.S. to boost employment before the midterm elections. (CNN Money)
- Betty Sutton [D-OH] became the first Democrat to call for Charlie Rangel’s [D-NY] resignation. (First Read)
- Senator Harry Reid [D-NV] is set to introduce a watered-down energy bill. (Environmental Leader)
- The House is expected to consider its first fiscal 2011 spending bill on Wednesday, and may see another by the end of the week. (The Hill)
- Democrats push for small business legislation as the midterm elections approach. (Wall Street Journal)
- A White House official says that Obama would veto legislation suspending some EPA powers on climate change rules for two years if it made it past Congress. (Politico)
(Today’s Congress Links compiled by OC Researach Assistants Jason Rhee and Hilary Worden. Questions, comments, reach us anytime: writeus at opencongress d0t org.)
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- Tax Breaks?! We have not seen a decline, even with all of the so called “Bush Tax Breaks”, and we are the consumer who has had to struggle through INFLATION, with no adjustments for that. 70% of consumer (us) spending drives this economy.
- Meanwhile, BIG CORP. have seen a decline in their tax percentage, taken more profits by hiking prices. Taxpolicycenter.org list this info.
â– Changes in the shares of the various taxes in total federal revenue reflect these historical shifts. The individual income tax has consistently provided nearly half (50%) of total federal revenue since 1950, while other revenue sources have waxed and waned. Excise taxes brought in 19% of total revenue in 1950 but only about 3% in recent years. The share of revenue coming from the corporate income tax dropped from about one-third in the early 1950s to less than one-sixth in 2008. In contrast, payroll taxes provided more than one-third of revenue in 2008, compared with just one-tenth in the early 1950s.
Hell just froze over! the republicans are trying to pass 16 additional weeks of unemployment benefits for the 99ers.
Republicans to “Turn Ninety-Niner Help into 15 Million Votes this November”
http://www.prlog.org/10814032-turn-ninety-niner-help-into-15-million-votes-this-november.html
thank you Jesus
Moderated Comment
This is not in any credible news source! This is only a blog from a want to be
RepubliCON Strategist! But maybe the RepubliCONs will read it and try to make
the claim? Most people see right through the games being played in Washington.
Art LeDoux
Is that article for real? WOW.
I find it hard to believe that clueless, bigoted insulting person is also an American like me.
I think we should find an island and put jokers like that off in quarrantine before anyone else catches their stupidity.
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Moderated Comment
I hope the moderator will get the spam off the web site!
Art LeDoux
“Taxes are expected to be a major point of contention…” Aren’t they always? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all up for Green energy and all that, but at what cost? I want to save the environment too, but the taxes that come with the clean air bills and solar energy and the new regulations for cars is ridiculous. We’re so blinded by “green” products and movie stars and diet crazes (like http://www.advancehcg.com/) and new electric cars that we don’t even see what our own government is doing.
I would really like to see Congress being held accountable for anything!
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