[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                  S. 2

                 To help middle class families succeed.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Akaka) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
                 To help middle class families succeed.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Middle Class Success Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
            (1) support middle class tax relief;
            (2) help families afford the cost of college and improve 
        opportunities for a secure retirement;
            (3) invest in infrastructure and other measures to create 
        good, well-paying jobs;
            (4) help ensure that families have access to affordable 
        child and elder care;
            (5) preserve and improve affordable health care;
            (6) ensure that all workers earn enough to meet basic 
        living standards and do not live in poverty;
            (7) ensure that tax dollars do not support companies that 
        break the law or mistreat their workers;
            (8) keep Social Security's promise and block proposals to 
        privatize the program;
            (9) ensure that families have access to a healthy and clean 
        environment, including access to safe drinking water;
            (10) ensure that workers can secure representation without 
        employer obstruction;
            (11) ensure that our streets and communities are safe; and
            (12) address the serious housing problems facing many 
        American families.
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