{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=338419", "Foxx: \"We Need More Americans Working, Not Fewer\"", "2012-08-01", "2012", "2012-08", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Virginia Foxx", "F000450", "foxx.house.gov", "foxx", "https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "President\u2019s Tax Hike Plan Will Cost 710,000 Jobs the Country Cannot Afford to Lose\n\nCongresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) stood up for American taxpayers today and voted twice to stop ALL scheduled 2013 tax increases. A bipartisan majority in the House voted with Foxx to defeat President Obama\u2019s tax plan that would increase taxes on 940,000 small businesses next year. Immediately after, by a bipartisan vote of 256 \u2013 171, the House passed the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act (H.R. 8) to maintain current tax rates for all Americans.\n\n\u201cRaising taxes will make it harder for small businesses to grow and create jobs,\u201d Congresswoman Foxx stated. \u201cAny plan that seeks to increase taxes on the American people in order to blunt the consequences of Washington\u2019s overspending ought to be a non-starter, especially in this dragging economic recovery.\n\n\u201cWe need more Americans working, not fewer. But the President\u2019s tax hike plan will cost an estimated 710,000 jobs our country cannot afford to lose. That is why I cast my vote today in support of the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act and tax relief for ALL Americans.\n\n\u201cWashington\u2019s money problems are the result of years of choices to overspend on failures like \u201cStimulus,\u201d Obamacare, Solyndra, and bailouts. They do not exist because the American people are not taxed enough.\n\n\u201cThere is a great deal Congress can do to remove obstacles to private sector job creation. In addition to passing the more than thirty jobs bills awaiting consideration in the Senate, both houses need to reform the United States Tax Code to make it simpler, flatter, and fairer \u2013 not a loophole haven for corporate lawyers. The Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act we passed today lays the groundwork for pursuing such reforms.\u201d\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:11:30Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://foxx.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=338419"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7395399734377861, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}