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Search results for "House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent"

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Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2019
Chain email stated on March 07, 2023 in a chain email:
Because of daylight saving time, “NO alarm set for the 2:00 a.m. hour will go off” on March 12.
By Madison Czopek• March 9, 2023
Joel Keehn stated on March 11, 2011 in a blog:
The hour of sleep you lose during the change to daylight saving time might initially pose some health risks.
By M.B. Pell• March 28, 2011
Viral image stated on March 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Next week has a time change, full moon and Friday the 13th.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 12, 2021
Commonwealth Together PAC stated on April 08, 2026 in an online ad:
“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.”
By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2026
Mitt Romney stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
"The president said he was going to create daylight between ourselves and Israel."
By Molly Moorhead• October 23, 2012
Instagram posts stated on November 08, 2022 in a post:
Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged.
By Andy Nguyen• November 11, 2022
Grover Norquist stated on September 08, 2013 in a tweet:
"CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years."
By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2013
Gwen Moore stated on November 29, 2017 in a House floor speech:
The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."  
By Tom Kertscher• December 15, 2017
Karoline Leavitt stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2025
Bruce Rauner stated on September 07, 2017 in in a press release:
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
By Matt Dietrich• September 20, 2017
John Flanagan stated on June 18, 2019 in a radio interview:
"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."  
By Jill Terreri Ramos• July 8, 2019
Pat Toomey stated on July 14, 2010 in a television commercial:
"Joe Sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die."
By Louis Jacobson• August 24, 2010
John Boehner stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference:
"This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences."  
By Becky Bowers• July 17, 2013
Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:
“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2025
Carlos Curbelo stated on December 10, 2017 in a television interview:
The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.
By Louis Jacobson• December 14, 2017
JD Vance stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia:
“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”
By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2025
Republican National Committee stated on April 24, 2008 in a Web video.:
Says Obama flip-flopped on a gas-tax "holiday."
By Bill Adair• April 24, 2008
Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 02, 2025 in a House floor speech:
President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2025
David Cicilline stated on July 21, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 1, 2013

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Tax break extension a Compromise for Perry

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Obama and Romney square off over international relations

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Gas taxes, on holiday

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