[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1097 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1097

             Supporting responsible middle class tax cuts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2018

 Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Polis, and Ms. Shea-Porter) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
             Supporting responsible middle class tax cuts.

Whereas income inequality has increased significantly over the past 40 years;
Whereas real wages for the middle class have remained mostly stagnant over the 
        past 50 years;
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculated the August 2018 unemployment 
        rate to be 3.9 percent, but year-over-year average wage growth is still 
        less than prerecession levels;
Whereas the middle class in the past has been mostly excluded from sharing in 
        the fruits of the most recent economic recovery;
Whereas Public Law 115-97 reduced the Federal income tax rate on corporations 
        from 35 percent to 21 percent;
Whereas Public Law 115-97 gave massive tax cuts to billionaires and giant 
        corporations at the expense of middle class families;
Whereas Public Law 115-97 made tax cuts for corporations permanent and made 
        individual-side cuts temporary;
Whereas Public Law 115-97 increases the Federal deficit by more than one 
        trillion dollars;
Whereas Congressional Republicans have suggested paying for tax cuts for 
        corporations and the wealthy by cutting Social Security, Medicare, and 
        Medicaid;
Whereas responsible middle class tax cuts will invest in the very individuals 
        who have made economic recovery possible; and
Whereas the American people deserve real bipartisan tax reform and a simpler, 
        fairer tax code aimed at supporting the middle class: Now therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports responsible middle class tax cuts, including 
        making permanent any existing middle class tax cuts that are 
        set to expire;
            (2) supports closing special interest loopholes, rather 
        than providing more tax cuts for corporations and the 
        ultrawealthy;
            (3) opposes repealing any existing middle class tax cuts; 
        and
            (4) opposes paying for any tax cuts with cuts to Social 
        Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
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