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Some U.S. states want to use the economic aid delivered under the federal government s recently passed coronaviruspackage in order to cut taxes. The problem: The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which provides states withhundreds of billions in assistance, bars using the emergency funding for tax relief.More than a dozen states are considering new tax credits or cuts that could be jeopardized stanley cup website because of the relief funds. Some of these cuts have been planned for a while, and others are just starting to be pursued. West Virginia, for instance, has been looking to cut its state personal income tax following the successful rollout of the vaccine in that state and an improving economy. Congress may not micromanage a state s fiscal policies in violation of anti-commandeering principles nor coerce a state into forfeiting one of its core constitutional functions in exchange for a large check from the federal government, Republican West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a statement. Republicans press Yellen for answersMorrisey, along with 20 other republican state attorneys general, on Monday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen questioning the provision in the pa stanley cup ndemic rescue plan that bars states from using their stimulus funds to offset tax cuts.In the letter, the Republican state officials said the prohibition is unclear, but pote stanley termohrnek ntially breathtaking mdash; airing concerns that any tax cut could be cons Helv How Washington came to rescue U.S. banks
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., waits to speak to supporters at an election night party in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Nancy Pelosi is on track to be elected Democratic House leader in the new Congress following the failure of a push to postpone today s leadership vote. Democrats voted 129-68 to proceed to a vote, which will take place later today. The vote to proceed is the latest sign that Pelosi will easily win back her leadership position despite the fact that she presided over the loss of more than 60 sears, and the chamber, to the GOP. Pelosi was used in campaigns around the country by Republicans seeking to tie their opponent to the unapologetic San Francisco liberal. Many of stanley mugg the relatively conservative Blue Dog Democrats who saw their ranks decimated in the midterm ele stanley italia ctions have called on Pelosi to step aside. One of those Blue Dogs, Heath Shuler D-NC , has challenged Pelosi for the leadership post. He is making his case to the stanley website Democratic caucus today. Utah s Jim Matheson, a Blue Dog who argues it s time to shake things up in the wake of the midterm losses, nominated Schuler. We ve obviously come off the biggest loss that we ve had for the Democratic party in almost a century, Shuler, a former professional football player, said yesterday. And to go back and put the exact leadership into place i
Some U.S. states want to use the economic aid delivered under the federal government s recently passed coronaviruspackage in order to cut taxes. The problem: The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which provides states withhundreds of billions in assistance, bars using the emergency funding for tax relief.More than a dozen states are considering new tax credits or cuts that could be jeopardized stanley cup website because of the relief funds. Some of these cuts have been planned for a while, and others are just starting to be pursued. West Virginia, for instance, has been looking to cut its state personal income tax following the successful rollout of the vaccine in that state and an improving economy. Congress may not micromanage a state s fiscal policies in violation of anti-commandeering principles nor coerce a state into forfeiting one of its core constitutional functions in exchange for a large check from the federal government, Republican West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a statement. Republicans press Yellen for answersMorrisey, along with 20 other republican state attorneys general, on Monday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen questioning the provision in the pa stanley cup ndemic rescue plan that bars states from using their stimulus funds to offset tax cuts.In the letter, the Republican state officials said the prohibition is unclear, but pote stanley termohrnek ntially breathtaking mdash; airing concerns that any tax cut could be cons Helv How Washington came to rescue U.S. banks
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., waits to speak to supporters at an election night party in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Nancy Pelosi is on track to be elected Democratic House leader in the new Congress following the failure of a push to postpone today s leadership vote. Democrats voted 129-68 to proceed to a vote, which will take place later today. The vote to proceed is the latest sign that Pelosi will easily win back her leadership position despite the fact that she presided over the loss of more than 60 sears, and the chamber, to the GOP. Pelosi was used in campaigns around the country by Republicans seeking to tie their opponent to the unapologetic San Francisco liberal. Many of stanley mugg the relatively conservative Blue Dog Democrats who saw their ranks decimated in the midterm ele stanley italia ctions have called on Pelosi to step aside. One of those Blue Dogs, Heath Shuler D-NC , has challenged Pelosi for the leadership post. He is making his case to the stanley website Democratic caucus today. Utah s Jim Matheson, a Blue Dog who argues it s time to shake things up in the wake of the midterm losses, nominated Schuler. We ve obviously come off the biggest loss that we ve had for the Democratic party in almost a century, Shuler, a former professional football player, said yesterday. And to go back and put the exact leadership into place i