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Polis Statement on Caucus Tax Cut Vote

Statement

Date: Dec. 9, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Taxes Health Insurance

Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) joined a near unanimous House Democratic Caucus today in voting to prevent President Obama's tax package from coming to the House floor for a vote in its current form.

"I voted with my colleagues today to block the tax deal from coming to the floor because there is still time to broker a better deal for working families. I have always supported middle class tax cuts and I voted just last week to permanently extend tax cuts for those who make $250,000 or less and to let tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent expire. Hopefully, this resolution will buy us some time to put our heads together and bang out a deal that better protects working families with provisions like a longer unemployment insurance extension and tax credits for green jobs and renewable energy."


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