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Weekly Address: Working Together in the New Year to Grow Our Economy and Shrink Our Deficits
Posted byon January 5, 2013 at 7:00 AM EDTPresident Obama talks about the bipartisan agreement that Congress reached this week which prevented a middle-class tax hike, congratulates the newly sworn-in members of Congress, and looks forward to working with the new Congress in the new year to continue to grow our economy and shrink our deficits in a balanced way.
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White Board: Here's What's in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Posted byon January 4, 2013 at 11:13 AM EDTBrian Deese explains what the new agreement to extend tax cuts for the middle class means for the economy and how it met President Obama's key economic priorities.
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White House Office Hours: Agreement to Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts
Posted byon January 3, 2013 at 7:54 PM EDTOn Friday, January 4th at 11:30 a.m. ET, the White House is answering your questions about the tax deal during a live Twitter Q&A.
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President Obama Discusses the Fiscal Cliff
Posted byon December 21, 2012 at 10:25 PM EDTAfter a week of negotiation and debate around the fiscal cliff, President Obama talks about where we are in the fight to keep middle-class taxes from going up.
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The House Republicans’ Spending Reduction Act of 2012 Will Hurt Middle Class Families
Posted byon December 20, 2012 at 4:24 PM EDTHouse Republicans have introduced a bill, The Spending Reduction Act of 2012, that would negatively impact the American people in several ways. Let’s take a quick look.
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Get the Facts about House Republicans' 'Plan B'
Posted byon December 20, 2012 at 3:30 PM EDTRepublicans in Congress have proposed legislation known as “Plan B” that raises taxes on 25 million middle-class families, while cutting taxes for households making more than $1 million each year.
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President Obama Talks Middle-Class Tax Cuts with Mayors and Their Constituents
Posted byon December 12, 2012 at 7:22 PM EDTPresident Obama holds a conference call with a bipartisan group of mayors and community leaders from around the country to discuss preventing an income tax increase on middle-class families.
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Vice President Biden Talks #My2k Over Lunch
Posted byon December 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM EDTSeven middle-class Americans with a personal stake in Washington’s “fiscal cliff” debate sit down with the Vice President at the Metro 29 Diner in Arlington, Virginia to explain how paying about $2,000 more in taxes next year would affect them.
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Weekly Address: Congress Must Extend the Middle Class Tax Cuts
Posted byon December 8, 2012 at 6:30 AM EDTPresident Obama urges Congress to extend the middle class income tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses without delay, making it clear that a balanced approach to deficit reduction means that Republicans in Congress must agree to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay higher tax rates.
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Tiffany Shared What $2,000 Meant to Her ... and the President Stopped by to Talk About It
Posted byon December 6, 2012 at 6:01 PM EDTTiffany, a high school teacher who lives in Northern Virginia, is one of the thousands of people who wrote in to the White House to share what it would mean to her family if their income taxes went up next year.