SUNUNU VOTES AGAINST LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY

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SUNUNU VOTES AGAINST LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY

WASHINGTON, DC – United States Senator John Sununu (R-NH), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today (6/4) issued the following statement regarding Senate passage of the largest tax increase in American history that is contained in the fiscal year 2009 Budget Resolution Conference Report (S. Con. Res. 70). Sununu opposed the bill:

“With this budget, the Democrats have again underscored how out of touch they are with the financial pressures that families in New Hampshire and across America face every day.

“With consumers paying record prices at the pump and facing higher food bills at the checkout counter, we should be cutting taxes, not proposing the largest tax increase in
American history. This massive budget increases spending to record levels and does nothing to address unpaid bills that future generations will face if we take no action today.

“I will continue to work to balance the budget by keeping taxes low, the economy growing, and spending under control.  That is the only true path to fiscal responsibility.”

Editor’s Note: Further details and an analysis of the budget can be found at www.senate.gov/~budget/republican.