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Congressman Rothman supports tax cuts for working and middle class singles and families and eliminating the marriage penalty. But he has opposed efforts to give the richest one percent additional tax breaks until America's budget is balanced and more of America's national debt is paid down.
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Rothman Amendment to Stop the Privatization of Tax Collection Prevails
June 13, 2006 Rep. Steve Rothman’s (D-NJ) amendment to prevent President Bush from outsourcing the collection of taxes survived its final significant hurdle in the House when a Republican attempt to strike the amendment on a technicality failed and a counter-amendment threatened by Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA) was not offered at the last minute.
Over the past several months, Rothman has fought the Administration’s plan to hire private, for-profit collection agencies to collect unpaid taxes. He has cited growing privacy concerns with the proposal, as well as its hefty price-tag of $54 million in start-up costs for a scheme that lets private debt collection agencies charge 25 cents for every dollar collected while additional IRS employees will only cost the government 3 cents for every dollar collected. Read more.
Related News: Rothman Ratchets Up the Pressure on Administration to Cancel Privatization of Tax Collection (April 5)
Rothman Blasts IRS for Wasting Millions of Taxpayer Dollars (March 30)How Are New Jersey Workers Doing This Labor Day?
September 4, 2006 "How can we expect the current and future workforce to grow the American economy if they're not receiving adequate wages and health care or can't afford higher education?" asked Rep. Rothman. "This Labor Day, I think it is vital that we remember why the labor movement began in the first place. When corporate CEOs hoard profits at the expense of workers, those workers' families suffer, along with the businesses and communities they support." Read more.Republicans Hold Minimum Wage Hostage to More Giveaways to the Super-Rich
July 29, 2006 To tie an increase in the minimum wage to more tax cuts for multi-millionaires and billionaires is morally outrageous – it is obscene," said Rep. Rothman. "I want every single working American to know that this morning at 1:41 AM, the Republican Majority killed any increase in the minimum wage. Instead, they passed a Trojan-Horse bill loaded with "poison pills" adding $800 billion to the national debt to pay for more tax cuts for the richest Americans." Read more.Democrats Want Time to Review Bush Administration Plan to Cut Most Productive IRS Auditors
July 28, 2006 Today, 23 Members of Congress, led by Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ), expressed “serious concerns” with the Bush Administration’s recently-exposed plan to slash the number of estate and gift tax auditors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by September 30. In a letter to IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, lawmakers requested an immediate delay in the plan’s implementation until Congress has adequate time to review it. Read more.Republican Quest for Line-Item Veto Is a Sham, Estate Tax Repeal a Rip-Off
June 22, 2006 In response to Republican claims that President Bush should have line-item veto power to reign in the out-of-control spending of his own party, Rep. Rothman said: "In my opinion, the claim that President Bush needs line-item veto power over the Congress in order for his own Republican majority to stop deficit spending is self-evidently ridiculous." Read more.Fighting for a Minimum Wage Increase
June 20, 2006 Congressman Rothman is fighting this week to increase the federal minimum wage, which is at its lowest point in 50 years when adjusted for inflation. The minimum wage has not been increased since 1997, and the Republican Leadership in Congress has blocked all efforts to increase it, including a full House vote on the issue that was supposed to take place this week. Read more.Fighting $8 Million Cut to Clean Water Fund for New Jersey
May 18, 2006 During a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Wednesday morning, Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) voted to eliminate a small portion of the tax cut for individuals making over $1 million and use those funds for clean drinking water and alternative energy research. The vote struck close to home as the Republicans proposed gutting state clean water funds by $872 million, which included cutting $8 million from New Jersey's Clean Water Fund. Read more.Vote to Improve Homeland Security
May 18, 2006 Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) voted yesterday morning to eliminate a small portion of the tax cut for individuals making over $1 million and use those funds to beef up border and port security. The vote took place during a House Appropriations Committee meeting on a spending bill for homeland security. Unfortunately, the Republican Majority on the Appropriations Committee rejected the idea of asking the super-rich to sacrifice part of their tax cut, and instead passed a bill that leaves security agencies without the resources they need to protect Americans. Read more.Vote to Eliminate Tax Cuts for Millionaires to Fund Improvements to Veterans' Healthcare
May 12, 2006 Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) voted this week to eliminate a small portion of the tax cut for individuals making over $1 million and use those funds to improve veterans’ healthcare programs. The vote took place during a House Appropriations Committee meeting on the spending bill for veterans’ services. Unfortunately, the Republican Majority on this Committee instead passed a bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that fails to provide veterans the healthcare they deserve. Read more.Vote to Normalize U.S. Trade Relations with Ukraine
March 13, 2006 Representative Rothman voted to help Ukraine by repealing a Soviet-era trade restriction referred to as the Jackson-Vanik Amendment. The bill, H.R. 1053, would grant permanent normal trade relations to Ukraine. The measure passed the House on March 8, proceeding to the Senate where it passed the next day, and currently awaits President George Bush's signature. Read more.Statement on the President's Proposed National Budget
February 13, 2006 In President Bush’s State of the Union address, he spoke of great goals for improving the well-being of all Americans. Unfortunately, the budget he proposed for the next fiscal year—which threatens to dismantle countless services that Americans of all stripes rely upon without asking corporate CEOs or the nation’s millionaires to sacrifice a dime—is yet another sign that we should pay attention to this President’s actions, not his words. Read more.Statement on President Bush's State of the Union Address
January 31, 2006 "This President’s budget priorities are fiscally irresponsible and morally reprehensible. His decision to prioritize corporate welfare and tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent of Americans has pushed us into record debt. And New Jerseyans across the state are paying for it in the form of increases in local taxes, increasingly unaffordable gas and oil prices, and cuts to needed government services, such as federal college loan and tuition assistance," said Rothman. Read more.
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