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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 12 – Economic security pkg/federal/suprt

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 12

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HJM012..............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
ECONOMIC SECURITY PACKAGE - Stating findings of the Legislature concerning
President Bush's economic security package; urging members of Congress
representing the state of Idaho to support the package; and urging Senate
Majority Leader Senator Tom Daschle to allow the economic security package
to receive a vote.
                                                                        
01/21    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/22    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - ADOPTED, voice vote
    Title apvd - to Senate
01/23    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
01/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
01/28    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote - to House
01/29    To enrol
01/30    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
01/31    Pres signed
02/01    To Secretary of State

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 12
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED  STATES  IN  CONGRESS
  3        ASSEMBLED,  AND  TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
  4        IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  5        We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of  the
  6    State  of  Idaho  assembled  in  the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth
  7    Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
  8        WHEREAS, President George W. Bush has proposed a bipartisan economic secu-
  9    rity package to protect jobs; and
 10        WHEREAS, President Bush's plan promotes new job creation; and
 11        WHEREAS, President Bush's plan provides $3  billion  in  special  National
 12    Emergency  Grants  to help displaced workers maintain health coverage, supple-
 13    ment their income and receive job training; and
 14        WHEREAS, President Bush's plan makes $11 billion available  to  states  to
 15    help low income workers obtain health insurance; and
 16        WHEREAS,  President Bush's plan encourages affected workers to take advan-
 17    tage of more than $6 billion in existing  federal  job  search,  training  and
 18    placement programs; and
 19        WHEREAS,  President  Bush's  plan  encourages  businesses to invest in new
 20    equipment and resources, allowing them to make purchases they might not other-
 21    wise have been able to afford; and
 22        WHEREAS, President Bush's plan gives consumers more to spend  and  invest,
 23    and  gives  businesses and entrepreneurs more resources to help them retain or
 24    create more jobs; and
 25        WHEREAS, President Bush's plan reduces taxes for low and  moderate  income
 26    households  beyond relief already approved by Congress, ensuring that the most
 27    vulnerable workers will have more money in their pockets; and
 28        WHEREAS, the economic security package has passed the United States  House
 29    of  Representatives  twice  and  has bipartisan majority support in the United
 30    States Senate.
 31        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 32    sion  of  the  Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 33    the Senate concurring therein, that we urge the members of Congress represent-
 34    ing the state of Idaho to support President George W. Bush's economic security
 35    package and specifically to urge Senate Majority Leader Senator Tom Daschle to
 36    allow the economic security package to receive a vote.
 37        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the  House  of  Representa-
 38    tives  be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
 39    Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
 40    sentatives of Congress, and  the  congressional  delegation  representing  the
 41    State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 11700

The purpose of this memorial is to urge Congress to support 
President George W. Bush's economic security package. 


                          FISCAL IMPACT

None

Contact
Name: Representative Dolores Crow 
Phone: 332-1000



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                    HJM12