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2005 Press Releases from Americans for Tax Reform
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12/21/05 Not the Season of Giving on Capitol Hill (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/19/05 Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Applauded for Decision to Stay On (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/13/05 Reps. Emanuel and Pelosi Wrong on Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/13/05 Ratings Alert: ATR Will Rate a Vote on Immigration Bill HR 4437 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/08/05 Taxpayers Praise House Vote to Extend Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/08/05 ATR Hails U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/07/05 Rep. Herseth Seeks To Pull A Fast One On South Dakota Taxpayers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/07/05 Taxpayer Advocate John Campbell Wins CA-48 Seat (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/02/05 Will Rep. Herseth Preserve the Tax Deduction for South Dakota Taxpayers? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/02/05 U.S. Economy Firing on All Cylinders (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/01/05 Will Texas Congressional Members Preserve Tax Deduction for Tennessee Taxpayers? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/01/05 Will Washington Congressional Members Preserve Tax Deduction for Tennessee Taxpayers? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/01/05 Will Tennessee Congressional Members Preserve Tax Deduction for Tennessee Taxpayers? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/01/05 Will Florida Congressional Members Preserve Tax Deduction for Floridians? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/18/05 House Votes to Cut Government Spending, Acting in the Best Interests of Taxpayers

11/17/05 Left Jumps the Gun on Alito

11/10/05 Taxpayer Group Urges Senate & House to Finalize Spending/Tax Legislation

11/3/05 Taxpayers Applaud Senate Action to Limit Federal Spending Growth

11/1/05 Tax Panel Provides a Roadmap for Tax Reform & Increased Economic Growth

11/1/05 Tax Reform Panel Rejects a VAT, Joining One Out of Four House Republicans

10/31/05 Norquist Promotes New Chief of Staff

10/31/05 C and D Would Take Ever-Fattening Colorado Government off Spending Diet

10/27/05 ATR Opposes the "Windfall Profits Rebate Act of 2005" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/26/05 Senate Conservatives Speak Out Against Return Free Tax Filing Scheme

10/21/05 IRS to Taxpayers: Keep Paying for the Spanish-American War

10/18/05 Tax Reform Panel Proposal Elements A Good First Step on the Road to Reform

10/18/05 ASA Dividend Score Card (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/14/05 California “Paycheck Protection” Measure In the Best Interests of Taxpayers

10/7/05 Spratt Joins Pelosi in Quest for Higher Taxes

10/6/05 Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

10/5/05 Taxpayer Advocate John Campbell Clear Favorite in CA Special Election Primary

9/30/05 ATR Report: Tax Cuts, Spending and Hurricane Katrina (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

9/29/05 ATR Hails Senate Confirmation of John G. Roberts

9/19/05 Federal Employee Health Premiums Rise-But Not If You Have an HSA

9/19/05 Chairman Pombo Continues Longstanding Commitment to Property Owners

9/16/05 Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

9/8/05 Hurricane Victims Will Have Their Homes and Businesses Built Faster Thanks to the President

8/29/05 ATR Statement on Death Tax Repeal

8/23/05 Workers Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of Common-Sense Update of Overtime Rules

8/15/05 Congressman Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

8/02/05 Congressman Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

8/01/05 Congressman Bob Beauprez (R-CO) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

7/29/05 Congressman George Radanovich (R-CA) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

7/28/05 Taxpayers Win!!! House Passes CAFTA

7/28/05 Congressman Jerry Costello (D-IL) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

7/27/05 Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

7/26/05 Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) Joins ATR’s Anti-VAT Caucus

7/26/05 Conservative Coalition Calls for CAFTA Passage

7/25/05 Cornyn-Kyl Immigration Bill Advances Comprehensive Reform Another Step

7/25/05 Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) Joins the Anti-VAT Caucus

7/14/05 Pork and Water Don’t Mix

7/05/05 Media Alert! Americans for Tax Reform to Host Cost of Government Day Press Conference!

7/05/05 July 4th: Taxpayers' Independence Day

6/29/05 Taxpayer Group Supports Amendment to Defund Kelo Decision

6/28/05 Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) Introduces Bill to Repeal Spanish-American War Tax

6/28/05 Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX) Becomes 100th Cosponsor of Spanish-American War Tax Repeal

6/27/05 Supreme Court Protects Intellectual Property for the 21st Century

6/23/05 Supreme Court Ruling on Seizure of Private Property Highly Disturbing

6/22/05 House GOP Social Security Plan a Good First Step Toward Accounts

6/22/05 Statement of Americans for Tax Reform Regarding the June 22, 2005 Hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

6/21/05 Chairman Domenici Commended for Prudent Judgment

6/20/05 Another Budget, Another Tax Increase

6/17/05 State Legislators to Congress: Bury the Death Tax for Good

6/16/05 What Corzine Supporters Are Saying About His Property Tax Plan Vol. 3

6/16/05 Brazil Legislation Could Cost U.S. Companies Billions

6/15/05 Editorial: The State Legislative Advisory Project- Setting the Record Straight
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6/14/05 Coalition Calls for False Claims Act Reform

6/09/05 ATR Calls for False Claims Act Reform

5/26/05 Slowdown? What Slowdown? Part II

5/25/05 Sen. John McCain to Nation's Republicans: I'm Not Running for President

5/13/05 ATR Adds New Federal Affairs Manager

5/12/05 Slowdown? What Slowdown!?

5/11/05 ATR Praises Family Budget Protection Act

5/10/05 House Transportation Subcommittee Seeks to Impose Massive Tax Increase on Air Travelers

5/10/05 Taxpayers Praise Legislation to Immediately Abolish the Death Tax

4/29/05 Taxpayers Applaud Passage of Budget

4/28/05 Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA) Introduces Bill to Repeal Spanish-American War Tax

4/19/05 ATR to Congress: Make the Internet Tax Moratorium Permanent

4/15/05 ATR Endorses CAFTA

4/15/05 Taxpayers to Uncle Sam: We Need Tax Reform!

4/14/05 Jobless Claims Continue to Drop as Economy Shows Lasting Strength

4/13/05 House of Representatives to Chuck Schumer: Drop Dead (But You Won’t Have to Pay the Death Tax)

4/13/05 National Tax Day Press Conference on April 15th

4/8/05 Iraq War Supplemental Allows D.C. to Raise Taxes for Baseball Stadium

4/7/05 Schwarzenegger on Pension Reform: Let’s Slow Down and Get it Right

4/7/05 Jobless Claims Plunge as Economy Shows Lasting Strength

3/17/05 President names Kevin Martin to Chair FCC (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/05 Correcting 8 Myths About the Dividend Tax Cut (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/05 ASA Budget Scorecard (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/16/05 Shareholders Applaud Senate Action on Tax Cuts (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/14/05 Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) is First to Commit to Spanish-American War Tax Repeal (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/10/05 ATR Launches Effort to Repeal Spanish-American War tax on Telephones (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/9/05 John Snow is Right On Personal Accounts (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

3/8/05 Taxpayers Applaud SAVE Initiative (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/25/05 AWF: Worker Rights Protected in Secret Ballot Protection Act (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/25/05 AWF Introduces "Hero of the Working Man" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/25/05 AWF Endorses "National Right to Work Act" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/18/05 Fact Sheet: Retroactivity: A Liberal's Dream (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/17/05 House Passes Class Action Reform: Slashes Tort Tax (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/15/05 Taxpayers Group Decries Massive Tax Hikes in "Law of the Sea" Treaty" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/15/05 ATR Praises President Bush for Re-nominating Judges (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/11/05 ATR to Senate: Don't Extend $2 Billion Milk Income Loss Contract Program (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/11/05 Taxpayers Rejoice Over Slaying of the Tort Tax (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/7/05 Latest Labor Reform News (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/7/05 Taxpayers Applaud President Bush's Pro-Growth, Common-Sense Budget (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/4/05 Government Shouldn't Interfere With SBC- AT&T Merger (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/4/05 Taxpayer Applaud Bush Speech (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/4/05 Steady Job Growth Continues (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2/1/05 Transportation Security Administration Imposes Massive Tax Increase on Air Travelers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

1/31/05 Senators Inhofe and Voinovich's "Clear Skies" Cleanup Plan a Breath of Fresh Air for American Taxpayers

1/31/05 Americans Make More Money

1/28/05 Taxpayers Thank Defense Department - Competition Is The Best Policy

1/28/05 Booming Growth in 2004!

1/27/05 Unions Continue to be Rejected by American Workers

1/25/05 ATR Files "Friend of the Court" Brief in Supreme Court Property Rights Case

1/13/05 Friday Marks 50th Aniversary of Government Jobs Competition

1/7/05 ATR Applauds the Creation of Tax Reform Panel

1/7/05 Job Growth Soars in 2004

1/6/05 Taxpayer Group Applauds President Bush's Tort Reform Initiatives

1/6/05 Shareholder Group Applauds Gov. Schwarzenegger's Bold Pension Reform Proposal (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)