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Pearce Votes for Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses; Minimum Wage Increase for Workers Jul 29, 2006  -   U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce joined a majority of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives this morning in passing legislation providing long-awaited permanent death tax relief and business tax cut extensions, as well as a phased increase in the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour ... More

Pearce Votes in Favor of Bankruptcy Bill Apr 14, 2005  - Saying that we need bankruptcy reform in America, New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce, a member of the House Financial Services Committee Thursday voted in favor on the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (S 256), which was approved in the House on a 302-126 bipartisan vote. ... More

Bill Preventing Tax Hike Signed Into Law by President Bush Oct 4, 2004  - Today, President Bush signed into law legislation preventing a tax hike on working families which was overwhelmingly approved by Congress last month. The bill, supported by Congressman Steve Pearce, lets individuals keep more of their hard earned money by extending tax relief proposals that were sch... More

Pearce Votes to Let New Mexico Families Keep More of Their Hard Earned Money Sep 23, 2004  - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill that will let working families keep more of their hard earned money by extending tax relief proposals that were scheduled to expire at the end of 2004. Pearce said, “We need to reduce the tax burden on working families and al... More

Rep. Pearce Highlights 1,200 New Jobs Created in New Mexico in June Jul 22, 2004  - U.S. Representative Steve Pearce (R–NM) touted the Department of Labor’s announcement that 1,200 new jobs were created in New Mexico in June, keeping the unemployment rate below the national average at 5.5 percent. Pearce also said 17,000 new jobs were created in the state since this time last year.... More

Rep. Pearce Lauds 2,800 New Jobs Created in New Mexico in May Jun 21, 2004  - U.S. Representative Steve Pearce (R–NM) touted the Department of Labor’s announcement that 2,800 new jobs were created in New Mexico in May, bringing the unemployment rate down another 1 percent to 5.5 percent. Pearce also said 16,200 new jobs were created in the state since this time last year. ... More

SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO COUNTIES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $14 MILLION IN PILT FUNDS Jun 17, 2004  - Congressman Steve Pearce said today that 17 of the 18 counties in his congressional district will share payments totaling $14,791,679 as their part of the Federal Government’s Payment-In-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) program for Fiscal Year 2004. The funds, administered by the Department of the Interior’s Bu... More

Report: N.M. gained 1,000 jobs last month May 22, 2004  - SANTA FE — Gov. Bill Richardson was meeting with business executives in New York on Friday at the same time a new report was issued by the U.S. Department of Labor showing that more than 1,000 new jobs were added in New Mexico last month. Richardson was a featured speaker at the Forbes CFO Confer... More

Rep. Pearce Touts 6,500 New Jobs Created in New Mexico in 2004 May 20, 2004  - U.S. Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM) touted today’s announcement by the Department of Labor that 6,500 new jobs were created in New Mexico since the beginning of the year. Pearce also said that 9,800 new jobs were created in the state since August 2003. “Tax relief enacted last year directly... More

Pearce Votes Against Tax Increase on Married Couples Apr 28, 2004  - U.S. Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM) today hailed passage today of a House plan that will prevent tax increases on 30 MILLION married couples. The marriage penalty relief bill will return $12 billion to working families. H.R. 4181, the Marriage Tax Penalty Permanent Relief Act, overwhelmingly pa... More

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