Jobs

From his first day in office, Rep. Barletta has been focused on getting Americans back to work. Northeastern Pennsylvania’s local unemployment rate has remained higher than state and national averages for far too long.

Rep. Barletta has taken steps to ensure that Americans get jobs. He has voted for three dozen major jobs bills that would be able to create jobs across Northeastern Pennsylvania and the United States. Rep. Barletta believes the key to job creation and economic recovery is found in small, private businesses.

After starting a small business on a $29.95 investment and growing it into the sixth-largest business of its kind in the nation, Rep. Barletta understands the importance of policies that will encourage businesses to hire employees.

Raising taxes on small businesses will only weaken our job-creating environment. For example, raising taxes on business owners who make more than $250,000 is bad because that’s a very low ceiling for a small business owner who pays taxes as a “Subchapter S corporation” (In general, an S corporation's income or losses are divided among and passed through to shareholders. The shareholders must then report the income or loss on their own individual income tax returns and are assessed tax at their individual income tax rates).

Rep. Barletta voted for these bills that would help create jobs:

By empowering Small Business Owners
H.Res. 72 -  Review of Federal Regulations– Passed the House
H.R. 872 - Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 910 - Energy Tax Prevention Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 37 – Disapproval of FCC’s Net Neutrality Regulations – Blocked by the Senate
H.R. 2018 - Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 1315 - Consumer Financial Protection & Soundness Improvement Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2401 - Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on The Nation – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2681 - Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2250 - EPA Regulatory Relief Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2273 - Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 3094 - Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 3010 - Regulatory Accountability Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 527 - Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 10 – REINS Act – Suck in the Senate
H.R. 1633 - Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act – Stuck in the Senate

By fixing the tax code to help job creators:
H.R. 4 – Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act – Signed into law
H.R. 674 - 3% Withholding Rule Repeal – Signed into law
H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act – Signed into law

By increase Competitiveness for U.S. Manufacturers
H.R. 3078 - U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act – Signed into law
H.R. 3079 - U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act – Signed into law
H.R. 3080 - U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act – Signed into law
H.R. 1904 - Southeast Arizona Resource Utilization & Conservation Act – Stuck in the Seante
H.R. 2433 – Veterans Opportunity to Work Act – Signed into law
H.R. 1070 - Small Company Capital Formation Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2930 - Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2940 - Access to Capital for Job Creators Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 3012 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act – Stuck in the Senate

By encouraging entrepreneurship and growth:
H.R. 1249 – America Invents Act – Passed by the House

By reducing overregulation that stifle job creation:
H.Res. 72 – Review of Federal Regulations, Passed the House
H.R. 872 – Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 910 – Energy Tax Prevention Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.J.Res. 27 – Disapproval of FCC’s Net Neutrality Regulations – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2018 – Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 1315 – Consumer Financial Protection & Soundness Improvement Act – Stuck in the Senate

By producing domestic energy:
H.R. 1230 – Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 1229 – Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 1231 – Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 2021 – The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011 – Stuck in the Senate
H.R. 1938 – North American-Made Energy Security Act – Stuck in the Senate

 By reducing uncertainty among job creators:
H.Con.Res. 34 – Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 – Stuck in the Senate, and the Senate has yet to consider a budget of its own
H.R. 2 – Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act – Passed the House

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