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“… Congress and the White House have completed 16 months of
activity that rival any other since the New Deal in scope or
ambition… If there is a theme to all this, it has been to try to
lift economic growth while also reducing income inequality.”
David Leonhardt, New York Times 5/22/2010  The New Direction
Congress is on your side--shifting control from insurance
companies to Americans and from Wall Street to Main Street,
creating jobs, closing tax loopholes that send jobs overseas and
helping small businesses--while Congressional Republicans
continue to side with the special interests. Creating jobs while
responsibly reducing the deficit, the 111th Congress is building
a new prosperity for America.    HIRE ACT, creating 300,000 jobs
with tax incentives for businesses that hire unemployed
Americans, unleashing billions of dollars to rebuild highways
and infrastructure, strengthening small businesses with tax
credits and accelerated write-offs,