| 1 | Representative Ritter offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the resolving clause and insert: |
| 5 | That the Congress of the United States is requested to |
| 6 | support Senator John Kerry's tax plan. |
| 7 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be |
| 8 | dispatched to the President of the United States, to the |
| 9 | President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the |
| 10 | United States House of Representatives, and to each member of |
| 11 | the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. |
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| 14 | Remove the everything before the resolving clause and |
| 15 | insert: |
| 16 | House Resolution |
| 17 | A resolution urging the Congress of the United States to |
| 18 | support Senator John Kerry's tax plan. |
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| 20 | WHEREAS, according to the Institute for Economic Justice, |
| 21 | the overall tax burden of Floridians has increased for ninety- |
| 22 | seven percent of taxpayers, and |
| 23 | WHEREAS, tax cuts in the hands of middle class families |
| 24 | will stimulate job growth by encouraging spending and |
| 25 | responsible savings, and |
| 26 | WHEREAS, United States Senator John Kerry has proposed a |
| 27 | sweeping tax reform package that will extend additional tax cuts |
| 28 | for middle class families, including new tax credits for health |
| 29 | insurance and college tuition, and |
| 30 | WHEREAS, the John Kerry plan will make permanent additional |
| 31 | child tax credits, marriage penalty provisions, and lower tax |
| 32 | brackets for low-income families, and |
| 33 | WHEREAS, the John Kerry plan will extend these additional |
| 34 | tax cuts by rolling back tax cuts for America's wealthiest one |
| 35 | percent of income earners, and |
| 36 | WHEREAS, the John Kerry plan will help create new jobs in |
| 37 | places like New Port Richey rather than New Delhi by |
| 38 | fundamentally reforming America's international tax system, by |
| 39 | eliminating tax breaks for companies creating jobs overseas and |
| 40 | using those funds to lower the corporate tax rate, and |
| 41 | WHEREAS, the John Kerry plan will restart job growth today |
| 42 | by creating an expanded New Jobs Tax Credit for companies that |
| 43 | create jobs in manufacturing and for other industries affected |
| 44 | by outsourcing, and |
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| 46 | WHEREAS, the John Kerry plan is fiscally responsible and |
| 47 | will not extend record deficits into future decades, NOW, |
| 48 | THEREFORE, |