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Subscribe to RSSThe AP: “The House Republican agenda this fall will focus on repealing environmental and labor regulations that GOP lawmakers say are driving up the cost of doing business and discouraging employers from hiring workers.”
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) outlined the House GOP's upcoming agenda today in a memo to members of the conference. In it he explains a two pronged legislative approach for the fall and winter: 1) repealing "job destroying regulations", and 2) "tax relief" for small businesses and federal, state and local governments, NBC’s Frank Thorp reports. Cantor's memo is a telling sign that this fall and winter will be busy on Capitol Hill. This legislative agenda is all in addition to whatever the super committee decides to send to Congress as part of the debt limit deal. In addition, we should expect a fight over a long-term FAA reauthorization bill, a patent reform bill, votes on trade agreements with South Korea, Columbia and Panama, AND a renewed fight over government appropriations as the Continuing Resolution is set to expire on September 30th.
Cantor lists 10 regulations that were pinpointed by GOP committee chairmen, and which he says "are reflective of the types of costly bureaucratic handcuffs that Washington has imposed upon business people who want to create jobs." The list includes regulations on such things as Coal Ash, Farm Dust, and a regulation requiring hospitals, factories and colleges to have new EPA-standard boilers equipped in their buildings (there's a full list of the 10 regulations below in the memo). We should expect legislation this fall and winter to repeal each of these 10 regulations. In addition, Cantor cites two specific tax cuts that he says republicans will eventually introduce in the House after the August recess is over. The first is a repeal of a tax scheduled to go into effect in 2013 that would require federal, state, and local governments to withhold three percent of all government payments made to contractors in excess of $100 million. The second will be to allow small business people to take a tax deduction equal to 20% of their income.
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Republicans know they only have until 2012 to give the corporate barons what they want: weakened environmental laws and lower (lower!) taxes. THIS is not the agenda of the American people, this is the agenda of the privateers of business (multi-national corporations, at that, not just American.)
The House Republican agenda this fall will focus on repealing environmental and labor regulations that GOP lawmakers say are driving up the cost of doing business
So, this creates jobs how??? Typical GOP BS... make way for the job creators! They are already sitting on $2T in capital and doing just fine with less workers and outsourcing...
First thing these bought and paid for members of Congress need to do is Eliminate ALL their Entitlements and reduce their pay by half. Enact Campaign finance reform and self impose term limits on all members of Congress. Eric Cantor where are the jobs? Looks like the GOPtp lied to the people again.
Cantor, that sniveling tight-arse simpleton has an agenda? I thought it was "just say no?"
It's complete garbage to claim the EPA or taxes are hindering job creation. It's supply and demand -- There's no demand because people don't have jobs. Ditto with uncertainty -- It is the consumers who feel no job security and are therefore not spending.
Entrepreneurs take risks, that's what they do. They have complete faith in our treasury bonds. They are not making decisions based on health insurance reform or regulations that have been around forever or even taxes, which are very predictable in a statistical range. It's not like most US companies plan more than a quarter out anyway--don't confuse them with China.
A lot of Republicans like Pawlenty, Perry, etc. have been cooking the books. This is why they are coming out so strong with spending cuts only. They want cover for their inability to govern.
Cantor wants spending cuts to off-set disaster relief, Perry says Social Security is a ponzi scheme, and Ron Paul says FEMA and Social Security should just be ended. They all want the same thing--to go back 100 years, but Ron Paul is the only one who's intellectually honest enough to come out and say it. But shame on Ron Paul, who should understand the social contract is part of limited government.
Hopefully voters are learning that the GOP/TP sucks at governing and tries to hang onto power in other ways (the list is too long for this forum). We sure as heck can't afford anymore Alitos on the SCOTUS who will legislate from the bench on behalf of a plutocracy.
Every job saved or gained is a good thing under the circumstances. If a regulation saves or gains a job it is a good regulation. If a regulation causes the loss of a job, or slows or stops job growth in an industry, then those are the prices paid for having that regulation.
Job killing regulations in many cases do not improve human well being.
Amy.......they are driving up cost
Get Obama to ask Jeff Inmelt why GE is moving its x-ray division to China and investing over $2 Billion there.......Not here in America. He is the Head of Obama's Job Creation Committee. Obama invest $2 Billion of OUR money in Brazils Oil Industry.
there's goes another 100,000 + jobs going overseas.......thanks Obama
And don't forget about the "job killing" hurricane relief that FEMA must be able to offset with spending cuts somewhere else.
Eric Cantor is the scrooge of the hill. How about offsetting the hurricane relief with a cut to the House of Representative's operating budget.
They don't actually do anything of substance anyway, so why pay them for it.
True... Mr. CAN'Tor...
Cantor's initial comment place himself somewhere in the stratosphere when he says GOP lawmakers will repeal environmental and labor regulations. Who is he? For now, he defendantly does not speak for the majority of us Americans.
More tax cuts for "small businesses"? Don't think so. It is more tax cuts for the wealthy 2% at the expense of the middle class. Wake up 98% of America. Your income is flat lined while the rich get richer. Want to change that? Better become an activist by volunteering and voting against anyone with this agenda against your best interest.
Yeah, but that would make too much sense, people are much to occupied with being ideologues than realists... I guess our desire to fit into one group or another never strays too far from high school. The latest clic is the tea baggers..
The tax code book is 1 1/2 feet thick because of tax loopholes for small corporations. Why do you think over 70% of corporations don't pay taxes? For $300, you can incorporate your Lawn Care/House Painting business, hire mostly illegal help, but then write off everything as business expenses, report no or little personal income. LLC's get the same corp. liability protection for personal assets, tax advantages of S Corp without the IRS restricted ownership, and are treated like a partnership for federal tax purposes. They're a sole proprietorship or partnership with the advantages of a corporation ...
If Cantor wishes to impress the middleclass (which he doesn't), he can help close all the corporate & wealthy tax loopholes in the tax system ... that'll create $700 billion first YEAR. Cantor, however, has shown Virginia voters HIS true colors as well ... he probably won't see another term.
Yeah, that will never happen. Newsflash - he doesn't give a damn about the middle class...
Newsflash for Cantor...
Republican Presidential candidate Huntsman outsourced jobs from America to China when President Bush reduced regulations. In fact, 2001-2009 saw the fastest outsourcing of American jobs in our history.
With more regulations, we're seeing more jobs come back to America. Look at the private sector hiring for evidence that regulations have helped bring jobs home.
Additionally, during the lack of regulation years, we had numerous cases of our children's toys being unsafe.
Its reported that American corporations are sitting on over $3 trillion right now, waiting to see how the markets & economy go ... if Congress would take away some of their loopholes, corporations would start hiring jobs HERE to maintain the operating expense write-off. By just giving corporations MORE tax cuts, they'll do their hiring OVERSEAS. Government has got to create an incentive (whether negative or positive) to get corporations to start using the $3 trillion in stockpiled money they already have.
Government fears big corporations, only FDR and a few other presidents had the guts to stand up for the average American...
Bring your failed bills on Eric. The Senate will just have to take them down.
GET RID OF ERIC CANTOR
quick,. before he steals MORE from us and ruins America....
Translation:
I'm sure the 25,000+ lobbyists living in Washington will show broad bipartisan support for this bill.
That's what people don't realize when they hear the baggers talk about "small businesses". They think about "mom and pops" operations, but small businesses can, and in bagger circles are, multinationals or billion dollar companies. These are not the small businesses that need tax breaks. These are the small businesses that need to have their loopholes and tax breaks revoked right now.
"Chris" he thinks we are all LIVs - Low information voters...
"but small businesses can, and in bagger circles are, multinationals or billion dollar companies."
Politicians love talking about "small business" but they are not talking about, and don't care about the mom and pop establishments. The Dallas Cowboys are classified as a small business.
Eric Cantor= Tax cuts for the Rich, Tax Cuts for Big Business that hide under small business status,
Lets reduce the pay, pension, Health Care of Eric Cantor and all those Multimillionaires in Congress they one don't need the pay or pension, or Health Care
I sure their Rich buddies will pick up the tab instead of the American Taxpayer
Eric Cantor, Boehner , McConnell must go they are nothing but paper weights in Washington
Killing the Middle Class, adding DEBT to this Country all for themselves and their Rich Buddies
"The first is a repeal of a tax scheduled to go into effect in 2013 that would require federal, state, and local governments to withhold three percent of all government payments made to contractors in excess of $100 million"
contracts in excess of 100 million. yea thats a small business??..... cantor's blatently for big business interests.
The problem is, Cantor comes from Richmond, which surprisingly is conservative. I had an uncle who thought Bush was a good President and before he passed away, felt that the recession was Obama's fault and Obama had only been in office for 3 months. Cantor may keep his seat because Republicans don't really operate based on facts. They have an ideology.
After what Hussein Obama has done in the way of EPA regulation, Socialized medicine and Illegal immigrant catering in a time of sky-high unemployment the more of this Socialists agenda that get's repealed the better for the american worker it will be.
WOW John you got all the weekly tea people GOP talking points in. Put a gold star on your forehead.
Rove tactic- lie and deceive. Put two gold stars on your forehead John. Rove will be proud.
Not like the unemployment numbers,or the consumer confidence number or businesses unwillingness to hire while sitting on large reserves of cash.......KINDA back up that statement. eh,birdbrain. "Talking points" *SHEESH*
John...first, the president doesn't go by his middle name. Second, can you tell me what EPA regulations you are referring to? Third, "socialized medicine"?! Are you referring to the health care bill? If so, I don't think you understand the meaning of the phrase. Fourth, what do you mean by "illegal immigrant catering"? Other than deporting more illegal immigrants, I'm not aware of any real differences between this president and any others.
Finally, "Socialists" (I think you missed an apostrophe) ? What makes you think this president is a socialist?
Cantor's main agenda --- stab crying speaker TanMan in the back and take his job.
You might be a Republican...
if you are more concerned about firecrackers in the suburbs than hand guns in the inner city.
if you believe that Jesus said, "Render unto Ceaser that which is Ceaser's (taxes), as long as it is spent for war, not health education and welfare, especially for the poor, unemployed, and disabled."
if you maintain that it is wrong to cause the death of a fetus, but after birth it is open season on Moslem men, women, children, and babies, with occasional abortions by explosion.
if you believe the world started over when Obama was sworn in and that the national debt, two wars and the worst recession in post-WWII history are all his fault.
if candidates for president are best if silly and uninformed, to coincide with partisan ideology
if you believe that tax cuts make money, not debt 9% unemployment under the 'job creators
if you believe that President Obama is the first foreign born, communist dictator elected under the Constitution and that he hates the American government more than you do
Every job saved or gained is good under the circumstances. If a regulation saves or gains a job it is a good regulation. If a regulation causes the loss of a job, or slows or stops job growth in an industry, then those are the prices paid for having that regulation.
Job killing regulations in many cases do not improve human well being.
Cantor and the Republicans supported tens of billions in spending to rebuild Iraq. They never required any spending cuts or revenue increases to pay to rebuild Iraq homes, schools, roads.
However, today the Republicans who spent tend of billions on Iraqis now turn their back on Americans.
They feel as though Congress should debate for months before a dime should be spent rebuilding American homes, businesses, roads, and bridges.
Typical of the Republicans, they care more for Iraqi oil than they care about millions of Americans.
Dan-3126637
You're batting 1,000.
They don't need tax cuts, they need customers.
If you hand them the money at the back door nobody benefits but them, if you send the money in the front door a few other people get to touch it before they wind up with it anyway. You have to put the money in at the bottom if you want to lift all boats, we need some trickle up policies. Tax cuts for the owner does not cause people to walk in their door and spend money. Are you going to give them a bigger tax cut next year because their sales went down?