TENNESSEE/US TAX CUTS ?

Tennessee Voters Ask Tennessee U.S. House Representatives to Sign Discharge Petition to Allow Vote on Middle Class Tax Relief Bill

To Avert ‘Fiscal Cliff’ and Harming the Economy, Reps. Fleischmann, DesJarlais, Duncan asked to Sign ‘Discharge Petition’ Allowing Vote on Senate-Passed Bill to Continue Tax Cuts for 98% of Americans, 97% of Small Businesses Before They Expire at Year’s End

 NOTE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN INTERVIEWS WITH THE DELEGATION OF TENNESSEE VOTERS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR VISITS WITH SENATOR CORKER, ALEXANDER, AND REPRESENATIVE DUNCAN, DEJARLAIS etc, please contact 615-717-7050.

 
Washington, D.C. – December 5^th, 2012 - Tennessee voters from multiple districts across Tennessee met with their U.S. Representatives in Washington, D.C. to ask them to put partisan politics aside for the good of the middle class families they represent and to help avoid pushing our economy off the “fiscal cliff.” 

Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives filed a discharge petition that would force a vote on legislation passed earlier this year in the U.S. Senate – and that GOP House leadership has ignored – to allow tax cuts to expire for those making more than $250,000 a year while preserving them for 98% of Americans and 97% of small businesses.  The petition requires at least 218 signatures to bring the bill forward, making bipartisan support essential. 

The voters asked that each member sign the petition and send a message that when it comes what’s best for  TN they are not beholden to selfish special interests or their irresponsible party bosses -- a message that it is not worth holding middle class families tax relief hostage a minute longer to protect tax breaks for the richest 2%.

The group of Tennesseans at the meeting included long time Chattanooga resident Lenda Sherrell (now of Monteagle); Meechie Biggers of Lewisburg who cares for her mother on Medicare; and former small business owner, Donna Seely of Tullahoma; Colleen Janus who has a young son in college and depends on the Pell Grant; Joan Nelson of Oak Ridge, June Jones of Knoxville among many others.

The American people want action – and will blame Republicans in Congress for inaction.  According to a recent Washington Post-ABC poll, 60% of the American people support raising taxes on incomes over 250-thousand dollars a year.  And a new Washington-Post poll out today found that a majority [53 percent] of Americans say that if the country goes over the fiscal cliff on Dec. 31, congressional Republicans should bear the brunt of the blame. 

Small businesses want action. An American Sustainable Business Council survey in February found a majority of small business owners believe Congress should let tax cuts on taxable income over $250,000 a year expire as scheduled on December 31, 2012, while only 40% said they should be extended.

Even Congressman Tom Cole, member of the House Republican leadership, wants action.  According to Politico, 11/27: Republican Rep. Tom Cole urged colleagues in a private session Tuesday to vote to extend the Bush tax rates for all but the highest earners before the end of the year — and to battle over the rest later. ... “I think we ought to take the 98 percent deal right now,” [Congressman Cole] said of freezing income tax rates for all but the top 2 percent of earners.

See coverage of their visit below.
Talk Radio 102.3 Interview Recording
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOj8lwm0Sxk&feature=youtu.be

Statewide Press Conference Call Recording: http://mcrecordings.s3.amazonaws.com/PD8LK77B990CDVPJLUX1JPE0HHV0RQVQ.mp3

Marshall Tribute:
http://www.marshalltribune.com/story/1919444.html

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