Tax and Appropriations

Republicans’ Choice: Pass Senate Middle Class Tax Cut Bill, or Keep Protecting Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

For Immediate Release:

July 30, 2012

Contact:

Katie Grant, Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130

Office of the Democratic Whip Steny H.</p /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class=Posted in

Democrats Urge Republicans to Pass Tax Cut Extension and Jobs Bills, Help American Families

For Immediate Release:

July 27, 2012

Contact:

Katie Grant, Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130

Office of the Democratic Whip Steny H.</p /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class=Posted in

Hoyer Statement on House Democrats’ Plan to Introduce Senate-Passed Middle Class Tax Cut Bill

For Immediate Release:

July 26, 2012

Contact:

Katie Grant, 202-225-3130

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Hoyer Statement on Senate Vote to Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts

For Immediate Release:

July 25, 2012

Contact:

Katie Grant, 202-225-3130

Office of the Democratic Whip Steny H.</p /> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class=###
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Whoops

So much for that whole “read the bill” thing. Apparently Republicans didn’t even make it to page 3 of this week’s bill on regulations (remarkable, considering the text didn’t even start until the bottom of page 2).

From the bill text, which you can view here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CPRT-112HPRT75053/pdf/CPRT-112HPRT75053.pdf

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Hoyer Statement on Republican Tax Bill

For Immediate Release:

July 24, 2012

Contact:

Katie Grant, 202-225-3130

Office of the Democratic Whip Steny H.</p /> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class=###
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All Sides Agree: Middle Class Americans Should Receive Tax Cut Extension

For Immediate Release:

July 24, 2012

Contact:

Katie Grant, Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130

Office of the Democratic Whip Steny H.</p /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class=Posted in

Afternoon Roundup: "Debt Ceiling Battle Tab" Edition

A look at the morning news isn’t flattering for House Republicans. Not only did their “confrontation over compromise” approach to raising the debt limit take our nation to the brink of default and result in our nation’s first credit downgrade, but it also cost American taxpayers $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2011 alone:

CNN: Cost of Debt Ceiling Fight: $1.3 billion

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Hoyer Urges Bipartisan Action to Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts

For Immediate Release:

July 20, 2012

Contact:

Katie Grant, Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130

Office of the Democratic Whip Steny H.</p /> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class=Posted in

Anatomy of a Boehner Quote

Lately up here on Capitol Hill, the GOP has engaged in quite a bit of revisionist history on the sequester, hoping the American people will conveniently forget that 174 House Republicans (including all of the senior leadership) voted for a measure that Politico said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was “the chief Republican architect of.”

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