WASHINGTON, DC – November 30, 2012 – In a letter to President Obama and Democratic and Republican party Leadership, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas called for immediate action to prevent America from the falling off the fiscal cliff.

The letter, sent to President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi urges a resolution that will bring the American budget back into balance to help spur economic growth.

Congresswoman Tsongas has pushed for a balanced deficit reduction plan since being elected.  Last year she joined 101 of her colleagues, including 42 Republicans, in a strong, bipartisan effort to push congressional leaders to make a big down payment on the debt.  She also voted to reduce the deficit by $2.1 trillion, including more than $900 billion in discretionary spending cuts, and to extend the middle class tax cuts for 98% of Americans while allowing the tax cuts for the top 2% of earners to expire, saving more than $800 billion in deficit reduction.  Likewise, she has consistently called for closing loopholes that allowed companies like Exxon Mobil to avoid paying any federal income taxes even as they made billions of dollars in profit.

The link to a copy of the full letter is below.