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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Lame Duck Tax Cuts H R 6111.
The defeated Republican Congressional majority convened a "lame duck" December session after losing the November election. In a final payback to their corporation campaign contributors and wealthy friends, the outgoing Senate passed legislation (HR6111) that was a Christmas stocking stuffed with further tax cuts and other benefits for big business and the rich. Unfortunately, the Democrats largely joined in these festivities, at the expense of working people and ordinary taxpayers.Information Technology Industry Council
HR 6111: Tax and Trade Package - Motion to Concur.
Frist, R-Tenn., motion to concur in the House amendment to the bill that would extend a series of expired and
expiring tax breaks and make changes to trade laws. It would grant permanent normal trade relations with Vietnam and extend trade preferences for Haiti, sub-Saharan African countries and some Andean countries. It would extend the generalized system of preferences for two years, but place limits on the countries that could receive waivers for certain caps on imports. The bill would also extend through 2007 a number of tax breaks, including the research and development tax credit, deductions for certain state and local taxes and tuition and related expenses. Certain expiring energy tax provisions, including the renewable electricity production credit, would also be extended. It would block a scheduled 5 percent cut in Medicare physician payments in 2007 and allow for the oil and gas exploration of 8.3 million acres of the Outer Continental Shelf in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.