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Queens, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) urged the passage of a full-year extension of President Obama’s payroll tax cut. This measure, which would cut an employee’s share of payroll taxes from 6.2 to 4.2 percent, would save each Queens worker an average of $531 over the next year – a tax cut of $1062 for a typical, two-wage-earner family. The House-Senate Joint Economic Committee, of which Maloney is a member and former chair, released a report today outlining the county-by-county benefits of a full-year payroll tax cut.
A Congressional conference committee is currently working on a compromise bill to extend the payroll tax cut, which Congress originally passed in 2010 and was extended for two months in December.
“There are a great many Queens families who could really use an extra $1,062 in their pockets this year – and they shouldn’t have to wait any longer for a full-year extension of the President’s payroll tax cut. In addition, we need to provide an extension of unemployment benefits and give doctors who serve Medicare patients the reassurance of a ‘doc fix’ that prevents a huge cut in their revenues.
“It’s time for Congress to get moving and finally address these issues, which are among the most important to the American people,” said Maloney.
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New York, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) urged the passage of a full-year extension of President Obama’s payroll tax cut. This measure, which would cut an employee’s share of payroll taxes from 6.2 to 4.2 percent, would save workers who live in Manhattan or on Roosevelt Island an average of $768 over the next year – a tax cut of $1,536 for a typical, two-wage-earner family. The House-Senate Joint Economic Committee, of which Maloney is a member and former chair, released a report today outlining the county-by-county benefits of a full-year payroll tax cut.
New York, NY - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, State Senator Liz Krueger, Assembly Member Micah Kellner, and members of the East Side community joined to speak out against the City's move, reported this week, to seek competitive bids to construct a massive maritime garbage transfer station (MTS) on the East River waterfront despite the City's failure to secure the necessary permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) to move the project forward. This week they joined with other elected officials to write to the NYC Department of Sanitation expressing their opposition to the City’s move (see below).
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement upon Rep. Brad Miller’s announcement that he would retire at the end of the current Congress:
MALONEY E-NEWSLETTER
January 25, 2012 ~ Volume IX, NUMBER II
Dear Neighbor,
President Obama, in his State of the Union address last night, declared, "The State of the Union is getting stronger. And we've come too far to turn back now." (Visit https://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2012)
“President Obama’s State of the Union address was magnificent. The President rightly called upon both Republicans and Democrats to work together to build a blueprint for a stronger America.
Astoria, NY – U.S. Army veteran and Astoria resident Robert Song will be in the audience tomorrow night as President Obama delivers his 2012 State of the Union address. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) invited Song, who served our country in Afghanistan, to attend the address to thank him for his service to our nation. Maloney joined a group of House members, led by Reps. Marcia Fudge of Ohio and Tim Walz of Minnesota, who invited veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to this year’s address, as a show of Congress’s solidarity in support of our nation’s veterans.
Long Island City, NY – On Friday, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas, New York District Director Andrea Quarantillo, Commissioner Fatima Shama of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Councilman Daniel Dromm, and Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras at the opening of the new USCIS office in Long Island City – the first facility of its kind in New York City outside of Manhattan.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) issue the following statement upon announcement of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ retirement from the House:
New York, NY – Sunday is the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that enshrined in law a woman’s right to choose. At a news conference today at City Hall, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) outlined the many anti-choice actions taken by Republicans in Congress and discussed how women’s rights may be under threat in the coming year. Maloney pointed out that the proposed restrictions are moving far beyond choice, and are now also targeting access to birth control and reproductive health care.