[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUTS

  (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN. This discharge petition frames the issue immediately 
before us: will Republicans take America over the cliff, and the middle 
class tax cuts with them, in order to protect tax breaks for the very 
wealthy. And will they take the economy with them over the cliff?
  The fiscal cliff confronting us threatens an economic mess, half of 
which could be resolved in one fell swoop--by passing the middle class 
tax cuts. The Senate has already acted. The President is waiting to 
sign it. Republicans should join with Democrats and give 98 percent of 
Americans and 97 percent of small businesses the certainty that they 
won't face a tax increase on January 1.
  Colleagues, Republicans as well as Democrats, sign now--the signal 
that America needs.

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