- Must read op-ed by @Nancy Pelosi in USA TODAY.
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- Check out Rep Sandy Levin on CNBC this morning. "We have to pass the middle class tax cuts."
- "What the Republicans have to do is to accept that the middle-class tax cut continues and the upper-income doesn’t,” said Ways and Means Ranking Member Rep Sandy Levin.
- Check out this video. Congresswoman Allyson Y. Schwartz talks fiscal cliff and why it matters to you.
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats want to hear your thoughts on extending federal unemployment benefits and on proposals to create new jobs, including proposals made by the President. Through this eforum we want to gather the information Congress needs to understand conditions in American communities across the nation. - Rep Sandy Levin made the following statement on the floor today urging his colleagues to sign the discharge petition that would bring H.R. 15 up for a vote: “This discharge petition frames the issue immediately before us: Will Republicans take America over the cliff – and the middle class tax cuts with them – in order to protect tax breaks for the very wealthy? Will they take the economy with them over the cliff?"
- Ways and Means Ranking Member Rep Sandy Levin was on Andrea Mitchell Reports today discussing the fiscal cliff. "The people spoke. The Republicans need to listen."
- Both parties agree that Congress could extend tax cuts for the middle-class, but Republicans are holding those tax cuts hostage to give tax breaks to the highest earners.
- Once again,the House Republicans are going to have some difficulty making the math add up.
Bottom line: Plausible tax expenditure limitations that protect middle-class families and incentives to give to charity would raise far less revenue from the well off than is needed for a major budget agreement. - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sandy Levin on renewing federal unemployment benefits: "we should make sure that the families who need federal assistance in the meantime continue to receive this important lifeline."
- Rep Sandy Levin on Washington Journal this morning discussing the fiscal cliff and the congressional agenda.
- "Congress must act quickly to ensure that we do not abandon those workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own," said Rep Sandy Levin
- “We cannot forget the human cliff looming for more than two million Americans scheduled to lose their economic lifeline during the upcoming holidays,” said Rep Sandy Levin
- A balanced approach means we need to extend the middle-class tax cuts.
- Today Ways and Means Democrats released a report showing 2 million workers will lose their unemployment benefits in December if Congress doesn't act.
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