State
Legislators Descend on DC;
Support Bush Tax Relief
State legislators passed resolutions
in favor of Bush tax cut, will personally deliver to their U.S.
Senators
WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, May
9, 2001, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) will sponsor a press conference
with dozens of state legislators who support President Bush's tax
relief plan. The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. in Room 428A of
the Russell Senate Office Building.
The press conference is being held
to give state legislators an opportunity to express their support
for President Bush's tax relief proposal in Washington, DC and to
deliver their respective body's resolution to their state Congressional
delegation.
Each state legislator will make
a brief statement and then hand deliver their legislative body's
official resolution to one of their U.S. Senator's offices. Copies
of the resolution will also be submitted to all other members of
the legislators' respective Congressional delegation.
Each state legislator will be available
to answer questions following the delivery of their respective resolutions
to their Senators.
Grover Norquist, president of Americans
for Tax Reform, issued the following statement on ATR's Legislative
Advisory Project and its effect:
"Several weeks ago, when it
became apparent that some members of the United States Senate were
not going to support meaningful tax relief for working Americans,
we decided the best way to remind the Senators they were elected
by the people was to have those who best represent the citizenry
of the states, their state legislators, pass resolutions urging
their United States Congressional delegation to support the President's
tax cut agenda.
"This is significant because
there are Senators from states such as Montana, Georgia, and West
Virginia whose citizens supported President Bush overwhelmingly
last November, and by extension, the President's tax relief plan.
The people spoke last fall. Now its time for those in the United
States Senate to properly represent the voice and will of the voters
in their states."
