For Immediate Release
January 24, 2008 |
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Cullen Schwarz
Office: 202.225.4961
Mobile: 202.225.0471 |
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Levin Statement on Economic Stimulus Deal Reached Today |
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(Washington D.C.)- Congressman Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) issued the following statement in response to today’s tentative agreement by the Bush administration, Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner on an economic stimulus package:
“The economic stimulus package announced today is an important, bipartisan, first step to address the serious economic challenges facing our entire nation. I strongly support the expanded tax rebate provisions that will provide tax relief to 117 million families—35 million more working families than the President’s proposal.
“Yet we must more fully address the economic insecurity felt by so many families. I will actively seek bipartisan support of an extension of unemployment insurance. What has been seriously overlooked by the President and Congressional Republicans is that long-term unemployment is now twice as high as it was prior to the last recession and that unemployment insurance is the quickest way to get money into the hands of families that need it and will spend it and stimulate the economy.”
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To Contact Congressman Levin: -
Email Congressman LevinIn Michigan: 27085 Gratiot Ave, Roseville, MI 48066 | (586) 498-7122 | (248) 968-2025
In Washington: 1236 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 | (202) 225-4961
