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Rep Peter Defazio

Attention Occupy Wall Street: Enact a Financial Speculation Tax

Anand Reddi | Posted 01.01.2012 | Business
Read More: Pete Stark, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Rep. Peter Defazio, Financial Speculation Tax, Peter DeFazio, Tom Harkin, Occupy Wall Street, Senator Tom Harkin, Business News
Anand Reddi

Last week, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) renewed efforts to enact a financial speculation tax. The Occupy movements across the United States should demand this initiative.

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Paige Lavender

Dem Congressman Shows How New Obama Plan Slashes Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 09.20.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gang of Six Debt Plan, Debt, Social Security, Social Security Cuts, Rep. Peter Defazio, President Barack Obama, Cpi, Gang of Six, Consumer Price Index, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Debt Ceiling, Video, Peter DeFazio, Debt Negotiations, Medicare, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) took to the House floor Wednesday to decry efforts being made by President Barack Obama and the Gang of Six ...

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Lucia Graves

Dem Rep To Obama: 'Act Like A Democrat'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 06.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Elections 2012, Bush Era Tax Cuts, Pete Defazio, Democratic Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus, President Barack Obama, Rep. Peter Defazio, Peter DeFazio, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Obama needs to start acting like a Democrat, Oregon Rep. Pete DeFazio said earlier this week. Co-founder of the House Progr...

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Lucia Graves

House Dems Suggest Changes To Estate Tax Language, Showdown With Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- With the Bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of the month, House Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he "absolutely" wants to send the l...

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Ryan Grim

Defazio: East Coast Senators Undermined Medicare Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Health Care Bill, Rep. Defazio, Rep. Peter Defazio, Health Care Reform, Peter DeFazio, Medicare Deal, Medicare, Health Care, Defazio, Politics News

Rep. Peter Defazio (D-Oregon) said Friday that while he is being told that Senate budget staffers were concerned that the Medicare disparity fix would...

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