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For Immediate Release: January 23, 2013
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives passed a Republican-led effort to temporarily suspend the debt limit (H.R. 325) until May 18, 2013. The measure passed by a vote of 285 to 144. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) opposed the stop-gap approach because it failed to provide certainty to the United States economy.
For Immediate Release: January 23, 2013
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
For Immediate Release: January 23, 2013
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
Remains Member of the Interior & Environment Subcommittee
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 or maria.reppas@mail.house.gov
In 2012, our country suffered 16 mass shootings with 151 fatalities. The brutal trend is a symptom of a larger problem: widespread gun violence. All Members of Congress have a duty to their constituents to address specific legal loopholes that allow dangerous individuals to commit violent acts with guns.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 11, 2013
CONTACT:
Maria Reppas (McCollum) 202-225-6631
Current Law Has “Chilling Effect” on Current Data Compilation, Analysis
Washington, DC – Early this morning the U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation by a vote of 89 to 8 protecting 98% of Americans from “fiscal cliff” tax increases while allowing tax rates to rise on millionaires and billionaires. Tonight, the U.S.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Betty McCollum returned to Washington, DC yesterday as the “fiscal cliff” deadline approaches on January 1, 2013. She issued the following statement urging all Members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, to return to Washington to press President Obama, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid, and U.S.