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UPDATE – 5/16/03:"...Senate’s just-passed tax package will do little to stimulate the economy and will put more pressure on cash-strapped states..."
Democratic Jobs and The Democratic Jobs and Economic Growth plan is fair — with tax cuts for working families. It is fast acting — creating 1.1 million new jobs this year. And it is fiscally responsible —fully paid for over ten years...(continue) Schakowsky: House Republicans Hold 12 Million Poor Children Hostage
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 12th, 2003) – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today vowed to fight on behalf of 6.5 million low-income working families, including 378,000 in Illinois, after the House Republicans voted to delay those families an increase in the child tax credit. “Republicans are holding 12 million children hostage and will not set them free until they get their way – more reckless tax breaks. If any one still questioned whether the House Republican Leadership had an extreme agenda, today’s actions should forever remove any lingering doubt,” Schakowsky said...(continue) (Picture: The Narvaez Family from the 9th Congressional District of Illinois, Denied Child Credit by Republicans.) Article: 06/08/2003 Congressional Statements: June 11, 2003 "Child Tax Credit" June 10, 2003 "Tax Cut to Working Families" June 3, 2003 “Republican Tax Cut Leaves Poor Families Behind” June 4, 2003 “Families Do Matter” Reports: Number of Children Benefiting from the Rangel Child Tax and Earned Income Tax Provisions How the New Tax Law Alters the Child Tax Credit and how Low-Income Families are Affected One in Six Families with Children Would Gain from Increasing Child Credit Refund Percentage Schakowsky: Republicans Deny Millions of Minimum Wage Families Increase in Child Tax Credit WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 29th, 2003) – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said that President Bush signed the tax bill even after a change in the eleventh hour by Republicans that prevents millions of low-income families from receiving the increased child tax credit...(continue) WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22nd, 2003) – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) tonight said that H.R. 2, the tax bill, is in fact “…a job killing package put forth by the Republican job killing machine that has already cost our country over 2 million jobs and $7 trillion...(continue) From the Bush Class to the Working Class – Who Benefits Under the Republican Tax-Cut
Washington Post, 5/24/03 UPDATE – 5/22/03 – Republicans Leave More than ONE MILLION Unemployed Workers Out, including 53,100 in Illinois. Approve a 13-week extension of Federal Emergency Unemployment Benefits that Fails to Offer Assistance to All Unemployed Workers Suffering in the Bush Recession
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MILLION “EXHAUSTEES” LEFT OUT OF HOUSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BILL President Bush and Republicans Concentrate on Helping Millionaires Instead of Unemployed Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21st, 2003) – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said President Bush and Republican Congressional leaders are refusing to pass legislation that would help 187,000 unemployed workers in Illinois and 3.4 million individuals nationwide...(continue) Report:
YES, FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS SHOULD BE TEMPORARY Report: UNEMPLOYMENT HAS RISEN IN 47 STATES SINCE BEGINNING OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION Analysis of Republican Tax Cuts by Leading National Newspaper Finds it “Skewed to the Wealthy” WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 13th, 2003) – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today said that an analysis by a leading national newspaper found that the Bush tax cut is “skewed to the wealthy.”...(continue) Bush's Cabinet Reaps Hundreds of Thousands Under Dividend Tax Cut WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1st, 2003) – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a Chief Deputy Whip, today joined in releasing a study which found that Bush Administration officials would receive hundreds of thousands dollars in additional annual dividend tax breaks under the Bush $726 Billion tax scheme...(continue) Dividend Tax Cut on Cabinet Officials
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 8th, 2003) – One day after President Bush unveiled his latest economic scheme to give hundreds of billions of dollars to the rich, House Republicans refused to extend unemployment benefits to one million laid off workers...(continue) Related Report: House Democrats Propose Plan to Create Jobs and to Stimulate the Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 6th, 2003) – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today joined House Democrats in proposing a plan that will provide an immediate boost to the economy. The $136 billion plan will put money in the hands of millions of hard working families, create one millions jobs, help unemployed workers by extending federal assistance benefits, and provide states with $31 billion for homeland security, transportation and Medicaid funding...(continue) Summary of the House Democratic Economic Stimulus Package Talking points on the House Democratic Economic Stimulus plan
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