6/12/2008
REP. BECERRA LAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EXTENSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives voted to extend unemployment insurance benefits by passing the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 (H.R. 5749) by a vote of 274 to 137. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker of the House and the...
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6/5/2008
REP. BECERRA LAUDS PASSAGE OF FY2009 BUDGET RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2009 federal budget conference agreement, S.Con.Res.70. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker of the House, the only congressional member from
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5/13/2008
REP. BECERRA VOTES TO SUSPEND FILLING PETROLEUM RESERVE TO LOWER CONSUMER PRICES
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives passed the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 6022) tonight. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker of the House and the only congressional member from Southern California on the...
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3/13/2008
REP. BECERRA APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives passed the federal budget resolution for fiscal year 2009, H.Con.Res 312. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker of the House, the only congressional member from Southern California on the Ways and Means Committee, and...
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3/6/2008
BUDGET VOTED FAVORABLY OUT OF COMMITTEE FOLLOWING MARK-UP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late last night, the House Budget Committee voted to favorably report a fiscally responsible 2009 budget to the House. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker of the House, the only congressional member from Southern California on the Ways and Means Committee...
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3/5/2008
REP. BECERRA PRAISES FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 2009 HOUSE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Right now, the House Budget Committee is debating the 2009 budget resolution that rejects President Bush’s proposed cuts to health, environmental and public safety programs, while adhering to pay-as-you-go budget rules.
Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant...
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2/27/2008
HOUSE PASSES RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT, CLOSES TAX LOOPHOLES FOR BIG OIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives voted today 236 to 182 to pass H.R. 5351, the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act, legislation that shifts subsidies to big oil companies toward investments in clean, renewable energy. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant...
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1/17/2008
BECERRA-BERNANKE BACK-AND-FORTH AT BUDGET HEARING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a hearing today of the House Budget Committee, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, endorsed the need for an economic stimulus package in accordance with the “timely, targeted and temporary” principles advocated by Democrats in congress and a broad range...
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11/8/2007
HOUSE PASSES PERU TRADE DEAL WITH A STRONG BIPARTISAN VOTE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 3688, United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, by a strong bipartisan vote of 285 to 132. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), the Assistant to the Speaker of the House and the only...
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10/25/2007
REP. BECERRA INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO HELP THE AMERICAN MOVIE INDUSTRY AVOID RUNAWAY PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Xavier Becerra (CA – 31), the Assistant to the Speaker of the House and the only congressional member from Southern California on the Committee on Ways and Means, introduced legislation yesterday that aims to protect moviemakers by attracting film and television...
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10/25/2007
CBO TELLS BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT TOTAL WAR COSTS COULD REACH $2.4 TRILLION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a hearing yesterday of the House Budget Committee, Peter Orszag, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), testified that the total cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach $2.4 trillion by 2017. Nearly 30 percent of that total comes from simply...
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9/28/2007
LARGEST STUDENT AID EXPANSION SINCE GI BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Bush signed into law historic student aid legislation, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. The bill, a major component of the Democratic leadership’s legislative agenda, passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate...
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7/24/2007
REP. BECERRA CELEBRATES FIRST MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN A DECADE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today millions of hardworking Americans will get a pay raise thanks to the first increase in the federal minimum wage in a decade.
Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker of the House and the only congressional member from Southern California on the...
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5/17/2007
REP. BECERRA ON THE PASSAGE OF THE FY08 BUDGET RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives passed S.Con.Res. 21, the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Resolution Conference Report by a vote of 214 to 207. Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), Assistant to the Speaker of the House and a member of the Budget Committee, voted for the resolution....
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3/30/2007
REP. BECERRA VOTES FOR FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE HOUSE BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, March 29, the House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res 99, the federal budget resolution...
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3/21/2007
REP. BECERRA: ‘THE HOUSE BUDGET IS THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET – RESPONSIBLE CHOICES, THE RIGHT PRIORITIES’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant to the Speaker of the House, Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), the only congressional member from Southern...
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5/17/2006
'THE HOUSE TONIGHT FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN A SHAMEFUL AND REGRETTABLE WAY’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31), the only congressional member from Southern California on the House Committee on Ways and Means, tonight voted against H.Con.Res.376, the $2.8 trillion fiscal year 2007 budget resolution, which passed in the House by a party-line vote of 218 to...
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3/7/2006
RALLY ON CAPITOL STEPS HIGHLIGHTS THE PITFALLS OF THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET PLAN
Washington, D.C. – Senators Ted Kennedy, Tom Harkin, Barbara Boxer, and Debbie Stabenow...
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11/17/2005
REP. BECERRA ON THE RECONCILIATION TAX CUT PACKAGE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This past Tuesday evening, November 15, the Ways and Means Committee, by a party-line vote of 24-15, favorably reported to the floor of the House H.R. 4297, a $56.6 billion tax reconciliation package whose marquee features include a capital gains and dividend tax cut extension that...
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3/17/2005
REP. BECERRA VOTES AGAINST FY06 REPUBLICAN BUDGET RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – H.Con.Res 95, the Fiscal Year 2006 budget resolution, passed in the United States House of Representatives...
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2/14/2005
QUICK FACTS ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S FY2006 BUDGET PROPOSAL
From Surpluses to Deficits — When omitted costs including debt service are accounted for, the deficit for the next ten years (2006-2015) is $4.5 trillion. Over the time period 2002-2011, the deficit is $3.9 trillion, a reversal of $9.5 trillion relative to the $5.6 trillion projected surplus the Administration...
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10/17/2003
REP. BECERRA VOTES AGAINST $87 BILLION SUPPLEMENTAL PACKAGE
WASHINGTON D.C - The United States House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3289, the $87 billion supplemental appropriations package, by a vote of 303 to 125. Representative...
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4/12/2003
REP. BECERRA INVOKES A SPIRIT OF ‘SHARED SACRIFICE’ IN WEEKLY DEMOCRATIC HISPANIC RADIO ADDRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following this morning’s weekly presidential radio address, Representative Xavier Becerra (CA – 31), the only congressional member from Southern California who is on the House Committee on Ways and Means, delivered the Democratic radio response in Spanish.Below is an English translation...
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3/20/2003
REP. BECERRA TO VOTE AGAINST UNBALANCED BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the United States House of Representatives prepares to take up the Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res. 95) later today, Representative Xavier Becerra (CA – 31), the only member from Southern California on the House Committee on Ways and Means, indicated that he would...
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3/21/2002
REP. BECERRA REFUSES TO RAID SOCIAL SECURITY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS - VOTES AGAINST HOUSE BUDGET RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives passed House Concurrent Resolution 353 yesterday by a nearly party line vote of 221-209. Every Democrat...
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