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Senator Rubio's Statement On Fiscal Cliff Vote
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today issued the following statement after voting against the so-called deal to avert the fiscal cliff by imposing job-killing taxes and failing to solve America's long term debt problem:
“I appreciate all the hard work that went into avoiding the so-called 'fiscal cliff'. I especially commend Senator McConnell's efforts to make the best out of a bad situation. Nevertheless, I cannot support the arrangement they have arrived at. Rapid economic growth and spending reforms are the only way out of the real fiscal cliff our nation is facing. But rapid economic growth and job creation will be made more difficult under the deal reached here in Washington.
“Thousands of small businesses, not just the wealthy, will now be forced to decide how they'll pay this new tax and, chances are, they'll do it by firing employees, cutting back their hours and benefits, or postponing the new hire they were looking to make. And to make matters worse, it does nothing to bring our dangerous debt under control.
“Of course, many Americans will be relieved in the short term that their taxes won't go up. However in the long run, they will be hurt when employers pass on to them one of the largest tax hikes in decades. Furthermore, this deal just postpones the inevitable, the need to solve our growing debt crisis and help the 23 million Americans who can't find the work they need.”
Senator Nelson's Statement On Fiscal Cliff Vote
“It was something we had to do to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff and to prevent income taxes from going up for more than 95 percent of folks. Now we’ve got to finish the job of fixing our country’s financial ills with more targeted spending cuts and reforming our tax code.”
U.S. Representative Daniel Webster Statement On Fiscal Cliff Vote
U.S. Representative Daniel Webster (FL-08) today issued the following statement after voting no on the Senate Amendment to H.R. 8, which fails to begin to solve the true fiscal problems facing our nation:
"In August, I supported, and the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8 with strong bipartisan support, a bill that kept taxes low on all hardworking families, individuals and small business owners. Now, five months later, the Senate finally at the latest possible hour, took up H.R. 8 as Americans were on the brink of the largest tax increase in U.S. history. However, instead of simply averting the fiscal cliff, the last minute backroom deal that was passed in the dead of night was loaded with new spending. The plan that passed today increases our deficits over the next ten years by four trillion dollars; uses smoke and mirror accounting gimmicks to claim spending cuts that do not exist; extends unemployment compensation for the eleventh time without paying for it; continues many of the President's wasteful stimulus spending programs for another five years and in some cases permanently; and increases taxes on small business owners who can least afford it. This tax hike will force many job creators to lay off workers thereby dealing a body blow to our fragile economy.
“This is not the solution America needs. This is simply Washington doing what Washington does best—maintaining the status quo.
“Passage of this bill does not solve the true fiscal cliff that we face. Americans need and deserve a bolder plan that addresses the real drivers of our debt, which are crippling the next generation. Forcing higher taxes on Americans, while not seriously tackling Washington’s runaway spending, will not turn our economy around, create jobs or solve our debt crisis. It also does not represent the balanced approach promised by President Obama to the American people. A balanced approach, and a balanced budget, is necessary and overdue. Though I am disappointed that this deal fails the American people, I remain hopeful that people of good faith in both parties can lay aside partisan politics and truly begin to work to reform our spending and to set America on a path toward economic growth and financial stability to the benefit of all Americans."
Congresswoman Corrine Brown Comments on Senate Fiscal Cliff Bill
“Although I do not think the Senate measure passed early this morning is a perfect bill, it is a good start. Passed on a bipartisan basis on a 89-8 vote, the agreement in the Senate between Senate Republicans, Democrats and the White House contains many good provisions. One that really stands out is the dropped demands by Senate Republicans to make cuts to Social Security in exchange for a continuation of unemployment insurance benefits.
Additionally, other provisions that greatly benefit my constituents include items such as the extension of unemployment insurance until the end of 2013, which assists 2 million struggling American families nationwide; as well as a five year expansion of tax credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); the Child Tax Credit and the college tax credit. I am also pleased to see that there was an extension of the farm bill through the end of the fiscal year, which averts a sharp rise in milk prices (some economists estimated prices would rise to $7-8 per gallon). Moreover, an agreement to avoid cuts in payments to Medicare doctors protects not only physicians but the patients who depend on their services.
During the 2012 elections the American people spoke, and I think it is clear that they do not support a continuation of Republicans’ reverse robin hood economic policies – robbing from seniors, students, and the elderly, and even jeopardizing our military and our veterans – just to maintain tax breaks for the upper 2% of income earners. We need to move forward and prevent taxes on 98% of Americans from dramatically rising merely because of the intransigence of a number of tea party Republicans who apparently control the House of Representatives!”