More on Taxes
Sep 19, 2012
Michaud Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Help Maine’s Family Farms & Forest Owners
WASHINGTON, DC – This evening, Congressman Mike Michaud will join Diane Black (R-Tennessee) to introduce the Keep the Forest and Farm in the Family Act of 2012, which helps protect American farms, forests and ranches from the negative impacts of the estate tax. About 90% of Maine is covered in forestland, and 233,000 families own 5.7 million acres of the state’s forest. If families are forced to sell their forestland or harvest timber prematurely to pay the estate tax, Maine risks losing family-owned forests and the benefits they provide.
Dec 22, 2011
House to Consider Senate Payroll Tax Package
BANGOR, ME – Today, Congressman Mike Michaud issued the following statement after House Speaker John Boehner agreed to take up the bipartisan Senate-passed payroll tax cut extension package, which extends for two months the payroll tax cut for workers, authority for unemployment benefits, and a prevention of the cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors.
Dec 20, 2011
Michaud Condemns Congressional Inaction
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Michaud issued the following statement after House leaders refused to hold a vote on a bipartisan Senate-passed payroll tax cut extension package, which extends for two months the payroll tax cut for workers, authority for unemployment benefits, and a prevention of the cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors.
