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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Rep. Sutton Votes for Tax Cuts and Increased Access to Capital to Help Small Businesses Expand and Hire New Employees

Sep 23, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) voted to enact the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, which contains eight new tax cuts for small businesses to increase their access to capital and help them to expand and hire new employees.

"This legislation will help our small businesses and community banks form the partnerships needed to create jobs and economic growth in Northeast Ohio," said Representative Betty Sutton.

In Ohio, there are 204,035 small businesses with fewer than 500 workers, and an additional 697,212 small businesses are self-employed, according to the Small Business Administration. Additionally, more than 98 percent of the employers in Ohio are small firms and more than 48 percent of private sector workers in Ohio work for small firms.

The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act does not add a dime to the deficit, is fully paid for over 10 years, takes another step to close tax loopholes that promote corporations shipping jobs overseas and reduces the tax gap. Further, the bill gives small businesses tax cuts to spur investment, growth, new starts and hiring by:

*    doubling and enhancing small business expensing and extending bonus depreciation;
*    allowing for 100% of capital gains on investments in small business;
*    doubling the deduction for start-up expenditures; and
*    allowing for self-employed taxpayers to deduct health costs for payroll tax purposes.

The legislation also:

*    leverages up to $300 billion in private sector lending for small businesses, along with state grants for small business lending;
*    expands small business access to private capital to finance expansion and hire new workers; and
*    helps Main Street businesses compete with large corporations.

"I appreciate Representative Sutton and her efforts to look out for the needs of small businesses like mine, which helps retrain unemployed workers from Northeast Ohio for jobs in the trucking industry," said Doris Young, owner of the Great Lakes Truck Driving School in Columbia Station, Ohio. "I enjoy my business immensely. I know that the passage of this bill and the opportunities it presents is a blessing to the people and employees we serve, because at this time we want to expand."
 

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