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TNDP Statement on Rep. Scott DesJarlais Voting for Ryan Budget’s Tax Hikes on the Middle Class to Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy

On March 21, 2013 By

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Democratic Party released a statement on U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais voting for Rep. Paul Ryan’s House Republican budget, which gives the wealthiest Americans a massive new tax cut paid for by raising taxes on the middle class by $2,000.

“Once again Scott DesJarlais has chosen to slash taxes for [...]

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DesJarlais Disgust

New Budget, Old Tricks: Congressman DesJarlais’s Tea Party Budget Ends Medicare Guarantee, Protects Millionaires Instead

On March 12, 2013 By

Congressman Scott DesJarlais and his Tea Party Republicans are up to their same old tricks, releasing a new Ryan budget today that ends the Medicare guarantee, raising costs for seniors, while protecting tax breaks for millionaires and Big Oil companies. Congressman DesJarlais supported this radical Tea Party budget in the past and now is [...]

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TNDP Calls on Republican Congress to Work with President Obama to Avert Sequestration

On February 19, 2013 By

Tenn. Democratic Party Spokesman Says It’s Time for Republicans to Put Seniors & the Middle Class First and Agree to Avoid the Sequester with a Balanced Plan that Closes Loopholes for the Wealthy and Big Business

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This morning, President Obama discussed common sense solutions to avoid the sequester and reduce our debt [...]

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House Republicans’ Sequester Would Cut 40,000 Jobs in Tennessee

On February 19, 2013 By

SEQUESTER FACTS: House Republicans’ Sequester Will Eliminate Millions of Jobs, Including Nearly 40,000 Jobs in Tennessee

Tea Party House Republicans left the capital last week without any attempt to negotiate a deal on the sequester — a series of deep and indiscriminate cuts that experts estimate will eliminate millions of jobs and could throw the [...]

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Congressional Budget Compromise

On January 2, 2013 By

Here’s a run-down of what was in the budget/tax compromise reached by Congress earlier this week:

Tax rates: The bill permanently extends all of the Bush tax cuts for incomes below $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for families, while reinstating the Clinton-era 39.6 percent tax rate for income above those thresholds.

Capital gains and dividends: [...]

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Middle Class Over Millionaires

Take Action to End the Bush Tax Breaks for the Richest 2%

On December 3, 2012 By

For months and months, President Obama and Democrats across the country have said that tackling our budget problems requires a balanced approach. That’s what’s best for middle-class families. An economy built not from the top down, but from the middle out.

The election is over. The people have spoken. It’s time for both [...]

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Why is Congressman DesJarlais Attacking Smokey Bear?

On December 6, 2011 By

Despite wildfires in Tennessee that have already burned more than 9,000 acres this year and a 2010 fire that burned nearly 1,000 acres in his own district, Congressman Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) wants to eliminate the Smokey Bear campaign, which could force the government to spend more money fighting fires as the number of human-caused forest [...]

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TNDP: Strengthen Our Fiscal House By Putting Tennesseans Back to Work

On September 14, 2011 By

NASHVILLE — State Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester urged Tennessee’s top Republicans to consider a jobs plan to keep the state’s fiscal house in order.

“The surest way to strengthen our state’s fiscal house is to put 300,000 Tennesseans back to work. If Ron Ramsey and Governor Bill Haslam put half the effort [...]

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More Republican flimflam

On July 8, 2011 By

The Chattanooga Times Free Press, “More Republican flimflam“:

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GOP Overreach

On June 22, 2011 By

It’s crystal clear that Tennesseans have soundly rejected the extremist GOP agenda rammed through the state legislature this year.

A new, statewide Vanderbilt University poll found that support for the Republican-led state legislature has “plummeted 20 percentage points since January.”

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