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McConnell: Don’t Permanently Raise Taxes to Temporarily Cut Taxes

June 10, 2008



‘Raising taxes during times like these is exactly the wrong approach’



Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Tuesday regarding the Democrats’ latest efforts to raise taxes on working Americans and job creators:



“Once again, our Democrat friends never miss an opportunity to sock Americans with a new tax hike. Their latest bill would permanently raise new taxes to temporarily extend expiring or recently expired tax relief to others. Raising taxes during times like these is exactly the wrong approach. A better idea is to work together to support extending the expiring tax relief as well as provide much needed relief from the middle class tax grab known as the AMT, which our bill does.”



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Now Can We Increase American Production, American Jobs?

June 8, 2008



Will opponents of increased domestic production change their mind now that the national average is $4 a gallon, McConnell asks?



WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Sunday as the national average for a gallon of gas reached $4.00 for the first time in history:



“Now can we increase American energy and American jobs?



“Republicans, by and large, believe that the solution to this problem, in part, is to increase domestic production. And we had a chance to vote on that on the Senate floor, but have been stopped by some in Washington who think we can tax our way out of this problem or that buying more from OPEC is the way to go. It's time to increase American production, which benefits this country by creating new American jobs and helps deal with the problem of supply and demand.”



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McConnell Statement on Climate Tax Vote

June 6, 2008



WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement Friday regarding the Democrats’ rush to abandon the Climate Tax bill before a single vote on gas prices, clean energy or protecting American jobs:

“The message is clear: the majority can’t abandon this bill fast enough.

“So now we’re in a most peculiar situation. On the one hand, the majority says climate change is the most important issue facing the planet. Yet they’ve rushed the debate on that topic and brought the bill to a premature end. They brought it down before we could vote on gas prices, on clean energy technology, or on protecting American jobs.

“This whole exercise will have had no effect on either climate change or gas prices. But it does send an unambiguous message: on the issue of high gas prices, our friends on the other side have no plan to lower the price at the pump.”

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