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White House Taxpayer Receipt
Posted by on April 15, 2013 at 5:53 AM EDTUnderstand how and where your tax dollars are being spent.
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Weekly Address: Working Together in the New Year to Grow Our Economy and Shrink Our Deficits
Posted by on January 5, 2013 at 7:00 AM EDTPresident Obama talks about the bipartisan agreement that Congress reached this week which prevented a middle-class tax hike, congratulates the newly sworn-in members of Congress, and looks forward to working with the new Congress in the new year to continue to grow our economy and shrink our deficits in a balanced way.
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White Board: Here's What's in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Posted by on January 4, 2013 at 11:13 AM EDTBrian Deese explains what the new agreement to extend tax cuts for the middle class means for the economy and how it met President Obama's key economic priorities.
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White House Office Hours: Agreement to Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts
Posted by on January 3, 2013 at 7:54 PM EDTOn Friday, January 4th at 11:30 a.m. ET, the White House is answering your questions about the tax deal during a live Twitter Q&A.
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President Obama Discusses the Fiscal Cliff
Posted by on December 21, 2012 at 10:25 PM EDTAfter a week of negotiation and debate around the fiscal cliff, President Obama talks about where we are in the fight to keep middle-class taxes from going up.
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The House Republicans’ Spending Reduction Act of 2012 Will Hurt Middle Class Families
Posted by on December 20, 2012 at 4:24 PM EDTHouse Republicans have introduced a bill, The Spending Reduction Act of 2012, that would negatively impact the American people in several ways. Let’s take a quick look.
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Get the Facts about House Republicans' 'Plan B'
Posted by on December 20, 2012 at 3:30 PM EDTRepublicans in Congress have proposed legislation known as “Plan B” that raises taxes on 25 million middle-class families, while cutting taxes for households making more than $1 million each year.
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President Obama Talks Middle-Class Tax Cuts with Mayors and Their Constituents
Posted by on December 12, 2012 at 7:22 PM EDTPresident Obama holds a conference call with a bipartisan group of mayors and community leaders from around the country to discuss preventing an income tax increase on middle-class families.
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Vice President Biden Talks #My2k Over Lunch
Posted by on December 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM EDTSeven middle-class Americans with a personal stake in Washington’s “fiscal cliff” debate sit down with the Vice President at the Metro 29 Diner in Arlington, Virginia to explain how paying about $2,000 more in taxes next year would affect them.
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Weekly Address: Congress Must Extend the Middle Class Tax Cuts
Posted by on December 8, 2012 at 6:30 AM EDTPresident Obama urges Congress to extend the middle class income tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses without delay, making it clear that a balanced approach to deficit reduction means that Republicans in Congress must agree to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay higher tax rates.
