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The Commitee on the Budget posted the full text of a floor statement on the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Conference Report made by House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt.

...“As I have mentioned already, this conference agreement extends tax cuts to help middle-income families caught in the current slump. For example, we protect some 20 million middle-income households from being hit by the Alternative Minimum Tax. Our budget accommodates extension of the middle-income tax cuts,… more

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CRFB was included in Rep. Frank R. Wolf’s (R-Va.10th CD) newsletter:

. . .The Cooper-Wolf SAFE Commission legislation has been endorsed by groups across a wide political spectrum - groups who usually disagree more than they agree on policy issues - the Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation, the Concord Coalition, and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The Business Roundtable and National Federation of Independent Business are also on board. . .