Murphy Votes In Favor of Fiscal Cliff Deal
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 late Tuesday night.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to avert the fiscal cliff late Tuesday night. The vote was 257 to 167. U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Upper St. Clair), who represents Peters Township, voted in favor of passing the legistlation. He explained his reasoning in this statement: “The process and product are imperfect, but what has been achieved can’t be overlooked. We’ve overcome the impasse to permanently lock in lower tax rates for 99 percent of taxpayers. (The) vote opens the door for work to begin in the next session of Congress on significant cuts in federal spending, meaningful tax reform and pro-growth policies to get our country back on solid fiscal footing.” The bill permanently extends current…
Rick Pfeuffer
10:59 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
This, as almost everything done by our elected representatives of recent history, is a total scam. The only more frightening aspect of this is that "we" continue to elect these folks to act on our behalf. This government has a spending problem, not a taxing problem. My suggestion is that the only way we will begin to understand that is by taxing everyone now for every penny of spending by the … more ›