Fighting for Tax Fairness

Fighting for Tax Fairness
The difference between the two parties in Congress could not be clearer this week: House Republican policies held middle income tax cuts hostage to tax breaks for the top two percent, while Democrats fought to extend tax cuts for all Americans and ensure fairness for the middle class. The cost of the Republican plan is plain: raising taxes on 25 million middle class families by borrowing more from China and exploding our deficit by nearly $1 trillion. While Republicans hand millionaires an extra tax cut of $160,000 next year, even our military families would be forced to endure a tax increase, facing the same uncertainty and unfairness as their fellow Americans.

The Republican plan is nothing more than another message bill to nowhere – the Senate won’t pass it and the President won’t sign it into law. At the same time, we all agree on the need to extend tax cuts for the middle class, and we can meet this goal right now by passing the Senate-approved bill – a measure the President has pledged to sign.

By acting on the Democratic plan, Congress can spur job creation for our economy, ensure fairness for the middle class, provide certainty for our families, businesses, and the budget, and ignite prosperity and opportunity for all Americans.

Congresswoman Pelosi fights for tax fairness for America’s middle class.

47th Anniversary of Medicare
Forty-seven years ago, Democrats created Medicare and Medicaid. For over nearly half a century, we have sustained both programs; now and into the future, we will protect them. Medicare is a bedrock promise: after a lifetime of work, seniors deserve the security Medicare provides. Yet House Republicans have passed plans that end Medicare as we know it and turn it from a guaranteed benefit program into a privatized voucher program, ultimately increasing seniors’ health care costs by thousands of dollars a year. Democrats will continue to defend Medicare from any attempts to end it and ensure it remains strong for seniors today and for future generations.

Free Preventative Health Services
Starting on Wednesday, millions of women will now receive free preventative services such as HIV screening and FDA-approved contraception without sharing the cost with insurance companies. To learn more about health care services that may be available to you at no extra charge, please visit: https://www.healthcare.gov/prevention.

Celebrating the 2012 Summer Olympics
Best wishes to those athletes representing the United States in the 2012 London Olympics, especially those representing San Francisco, including: Howard Bach, Alexander Massialas, Kibwe Johnson, Shannon Rowbury, Jessica Steffens, and Paige Railey. Go for the Gold!

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