After Busy Week in Washington, Congressman McHenry Flies to Iowa to Promote Social Security Reform
After Busy Week in Washington, Congressman McHenry Flies to Iowa to Promote Social Security Reform
Congressman Patrick McHenry flies to Iowa, after casting votes this week to permanently repeal the Death Tax and reform bankruptcy laws.
Washington, Apr 15 - Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) will fly to Iowa today after a busy week on Capitol Hill, where he cast two important votes to repeal the Death Tax on Wednesday, and to reform the nation's bankruptcy laws on Thursday. Both of the bills passed the U.S. House.
The congressman flies to Iowa today as part of his duties as vice-chairman of the House Republican Public Affairs Team on Social Security. On Saturday, Congressman McHenry - who at 29 is the youngest member of the U.S. House - will discuss Social Security reform at a number of events in the Des Moines area with Generations Together, an organization dedicated to modernizing the Social Security system. That night, Congressman McHenry will address the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner. Considered a "swing" state, support from Iowa politicians is considered crucial for Social Security reform to pass Congress.
Back in Washington, Wednesday's vote to repeal the Death Tax - the double-tax levied by the federal government on inheritances, which harms farmers and small business owners - passed by a vote of 272-162. Thursday's vote to reform the nation's bankruptcy laws was a bipartisan affair, passing by an overwhelming 302-126 margin.
"The U.S. House did some good work this week," said Congressman McHenry. "We axed the Death Tax, the most unfair type of double taxation. Folks work their whole lives and pay taxes on their income, on what they buy, on their gasoline, on their telephone, on their electric bill, on their medicine, on their Social Security benefits - then, when they die Uncle Same comes to take some more, in some cases 55%. We let the Death Tax die on Wednesday."
"We also reformed the nation's bankruptcy laws, and made it harder for those who want to use bankruptcy as a scapegoat to avoid debts," continued Congressman McHenry. "Bankruptcy is for those who need help, not those who want to shift costs to other hard-working Americans."
Congressman McHenry will return to Washington on Monday.
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