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Saying No To Tax Relief – Biggert, Roskam, Kirk, Manzullo And Other IL-GOP Congressmen On AMT

H.R. 3996 is a temporary tax relief bill to prevent the AMT (alternative minimum tax), originally created to make the wealthy pay minimum taxes, from taxing middle class taxpayers at higher rates by getting rid of deductions. michael from chicago has a long piece describing the ins and outs of the AMT legislation and votes – but the bottomline is simple: Biggert, Roskam, Kirk, Manzullo and almost every other Republican member of the Illinois U.S. House delegation voted against this bill despite claiming to support tax relief. Middle class taxpayers take note.

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  1. fasteddie wrote:

    Ugh. And Melissa Bean crossed over and voted with the rethuglicans – Again? I understand she is in a red-leaning district but Jeez – Does she EVER vote with Dems?? She seems to be in the Lieberman party…

    Posted 12 Nov 2007 at 10:30 am
  2. michael in chicago wrote:

    Yes, a little lenthy and not one of my more focused posts. But to summarize the two main points:

    1. Roskam and the Republicans voted against tax relief.
    2. Roskam and the Republicans are now using a coordinated pattern of parlementary moves to obstruct legislation.

    Posted 12 Nov 2007 at 4:13 pm