Commit, Speaker Pelosi

Commit, Speaker Pelosi

by Kristina Rasmussen A report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation found that the sunset of the Bush tax cuts at the end of 2010 would cost the average middle-income Illinois family earning $68,958 some $1,640 in higher taxes in 2011. Check out our handy table to see how much your family could pay in higher federal and/or state...

by Kristina Rasmussen

A report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation found that the sunset of the Bush tax cuts at the end of 2010 would cost the average middle-income Illinois family earning $68,958 some $1,640 in higher taxes in 2011.

Check out our handy table to see how much your family could pay in higher federal and/or state income taxes.

Congress should pass, and President Barack Obama should sign, a permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts.

To get there, Speaker Pelosi must commit to holding an up-or-down vote on stopping the coming tax hikes. Sooner, rather than later. It isn’t surprising to find her ignoring Republican calls for tax relief; will she listen to members of her own caucus calling for an extension of the tax cuts?

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