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GOP Plan to Give Tax Cuts to Wealthiest Few Panned by OH, KY Editorial Boards
September 15, 2010
Despite evidence it won't help the economy and the fact that the American people strongly oppose them, Republicans continue their push for deficit-busting tax cuts to the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.

Democrats are committed to tax relief for American workers, their families, and small businesses. Congressional Democrats and President Obama will permanently cut taxes for 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses – and help get the Bush-Republican deficit under control.

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USA TODAY Editorial: ‘Tax Debate Reflects Breathtaking Disconnect’ By GOP
September 15, 2010
Congressional Republicans continue to protect millionaires and billionaires at the expense of middle-class Americans -- promising to take America back to the exact same failed Bush policies that created the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and nearly doubled the national debt.
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The Truth About the GOP Agenda - The Republican Plan to Double the Deficit
September 15, 2010
Here's a startling example of GOP hypocrisy on the deficit that will cost American taxpayers more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years.

From today's Washington Post:

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On the Release of American Sarah Shourd From Iran
September 14, 2010

Members of Congress and the American people are grateful that Sarah Shourd will finally be able to return home, and we join her family and friends in celebrating her release.

With her unlawful and unnecessary detention coming to an end, we join the international community in calling on the Iranian government to immediately release both Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, and we hope they will soon be reunited with their families as well.

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Out-of-Touch Congressional Republicans Back Deficit-Busting Bush-Era Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest Few
September 14, 2010
After a fewdaysofconfusion, House Republicans are in lock-step again defending GOP support for extending the Bush-era tax cuts for t
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The Top 5 Tax Cut Whoppers Republicans are Peddling
September 14, 2010
As the debate heats up over the Obama Middle Class Tax Cut, Congressional Republicans are playing fast and loose with the facts. They will do or say anything to protect the richest 2 percent of Americans from returning to the tax rates of the 1990s, including raising taxes on 98 percent of Americans – after a decade proved their deficit-busting giveaways did nothing to grow the American economy.

Here's a primer on the rhetoric the Republicans are using in the fight to hold tax cuts for middle-class Americans hostage.

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House Republican Leader Boehner and GOP Continue to Stand With Wall Street, Not Middle Class
September 13, 2010
Congressional Republicans continue to call for a rollback of Wall Street reforms — leaving the financial security of American families at risk due to the recklessness of Big Banks and Wall Street executives, whose actions led to a meltdown that cost 8 million jobs and $17 trillion in household wealth.
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The Truth About the GOP Agenda: GOP Claims that Health Reform Is Increasing Health Costs Are FALSE
September 13, 2010
An editorial in USA Today this morning debunks the GOP talking point repeated this weekend by House Republican Leader John Boehner that the Affordable Care Act will "bankrupt our country" and should be repealed.
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Congressional Republicans: By-the-Numbers
September 10, 2010
Congressional Republicans, led by House Republican Leader John Boehner, are promising to take America back to the exact same failed Bush policies that created the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and nearly doubled the national debt.

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The GOP Plan: Middle Class & Seniors Lose; Millionaires, Billionaires, & Wall Street Win
September 10, 2010
Congressional Republicans, led by House Republican Leader John Boehner, continue to stand behind a plan proposed by Republican Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin that would eliminate Medicare, privatize and cut Social Security for America's seniors, and give tax cuts to the wealthiest 2 percent.