72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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 LC 2159
 
                         Minority Report
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                        House Memorial 5
                  Ordered by the House April 23
    Including House Minority Report Amendments dated April 23
 
Sponsored by nonconcurring members of the House Committee on
  General Government: Representatives PROZANSKI, WIRTH
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Urges   { - Oregon Congressional Delegation to work to repeal
death tax - }  { +  Congress to reduce federal income tax for
middle-class taxpayers + }.
 
                         HOUSE MEMORIAL
To the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United
  States of America, in Congress assembled:
  We, your memorialists, the House of Representatives of the
State of Oregon, in legislative session assembled, respectfully
represent as follows:
  Whereas middle-class Americans represent the vast majority of
taxpayers; and
  Whereas leading economists have concluded that income tax
relief for the middle class is a far more effective economic
stimulus than any other kind of tax cut; and
  Whereas Oregon's economy continues to suffer a prolonged
downturn that has placed Oregon near the top in the ranking of
states for unemployment and hunger; and
  Whereas over the past two decades the tax burden has shifted
disproportionately onto the backs of middle-class Oregonians;
now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Oregon:
  (1) The Congress of the United States of America is
respectfully requested to reduce federal income taxes for
middle-class taxpayers by at least 10 percent.
  (2) A copy of this memorial shall be sent to each member of the
Oregon Congressional Delegation.
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