FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 23, 2004

DODD, LIEBERMAN, LARSON INTRODUCE BILL ENSURING FAIRNESS IN EITC PILOT STUDY

WASHINGTON - Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman and Rep. John Larson Friday introduced legislation that would ensure fairness in the way the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducts its Earned Income Tax Credit pre-certification pilot test. The bill would require that the pool of people chosen for the test be randomly selected from a broad geographical range so as not to unfairly burden one community. While the odds of passage are long, the three Congressional members introduced the bill to demonstrate their continued opposition to the burden this study places on the people of the Hartford area, and their ongoing commitment to try to minimize that burden.