Tax and Appropriations

Republicans Break With Romney on Tax Returns; Still Won't Allow Vote to Extend Middle-Class Tax Cut

We’re excited to see a growing unity within Republican ranks –over the need for their presumptive nominee to release more than just two years worth of tax returns.  The calls for transparency are growing, even from House Republicans:  

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Impending Sequestration: A Devastating Policy Designed to Encourage a Big, Bold and Balanced Plan

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July 19, 2012

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Katie Grant, Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130

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Afternoon Roundup: GOP "Shirk[ing] Responsibility" Edition

Not content to trash a sequester mechanism House Republicans themselves voted for, Congressional Republicans are now taking their obstruction a step further, with their ludicrous attempts to pin the pending “fiscal cliff” squarely on Democrats, even as they refuse to yield an inch in their drive to protect tax cuts for the wealthy at all costs.

One look at the news this afternoon shows who is to blame for the impending fiscal crisis, no matter the rhetorical knots Republicans are tying themselves into:

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Hoyer, Pelosi, Clyburn, Levin Send Letter to Republican Leaders Calling for Markup of Republican Tax Bill

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July 18, 2012

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Katie Grant, 202-225-3130

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Defense Firm President Calls on Republicans to Put All Options On the Table

We’ve been saying it all along: Republicans should work with us on a deficit reduction plan that prevents sequestration from occurring through a balanced mix of spending cuts and revenues. And today, defense firm Pratt & Whitney President David Hess agreed, urging Republicans to put everything – including revenues – on the table.  

The Hill reports:

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Hoyer Statement on Sequestration Transparency Act

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July 18, 2012

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Katie Grant, 202-225-3130

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Priorities: GOP Holding Hostage Tax Cuts for 98% of Americans to Give Nation’s Wealthiest 2% Another Tax Cut

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July 17, 2012

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More Bad News for Norquist

Looks like another high profile Republican is speaking out against Grover Norquist’s tax pledge.  According to the preview of the Parade magazine article coming out this Sunday, former President George H.W. Bush doesn’t believe the Americans for Tax Reform’s pledge is the answer to bringing down our deficit:

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Hoyer Discusses Health Care Reform Repeal Vote, Extension of Middle Class Tax Cuts on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop"

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July 11, 2012

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Daniel Reilly, 202-225-3130

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Hoyer Discusses Republican Attempts to Repeal Health Care Reform on “Fox & Friends”

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July 11, 2012

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Katie Grant, 202-225-3130

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