PRINTER'S NO. 1445
No. 86 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY OLASZ, DeWEESE, B. D. CLARK, COLE, PETRARCA, NOYE,
DOMBROWSKI, FEE, KASUNIC, MRKONIC, GIGLIOTTI, PISTELLA,
McVERRY, STABACK, COLAIZZO, VROON, KONDRICH, MORRIS, LANGTRY,
MICHLOVIC, WAMBACH, PIEVSKY, JADLOWIEC, CIVERA, BELARDI,
COLAFELLA, D. R. WRIGHT, GEORGE, CAWLEY, COY, TIGUE, BLAUM,
BELFANTI, DeLUCA, GAMBLE, TRELLO, KAISER, CALTAGIRONE,
BATTISTO, LUCYK, LEVDANSKY, MARKOSEK, COWELL, TANGRETTI,
VEON, LESCOVITZ, LAUGHLIN, MELIO, McCALL, LaGROTTA AND
CAPPABIANCA, APRIL 19, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 19, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and the United States Congress to
2 oppose any increase of Federal excise taxes on gasoline,
3 beer, wine and tobacco for the purpose of reducing the
4 Federal deficit.
5 WHEREAS, The United States tax laws have always been
6 progressive, people pay based on their ability to pay; and
7 WHEREAS, Increases in Federal excise taxes would damage those
8 least able to afford such tax increases, and such increases
9 would fall most heavily on the middle class and working poor;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Federal excise taxes will dramatically reduce the
12 purchasing power of lower- and middle-income Pennsylvanians; and
13 WHEREAS, Such taxes would eliminate the benefits that lower-
14 and middle-income families gained from the Internal Revenue Code
15 of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.); and
1 WHEREAS, Over 7,000 jobs could be lost in Pennsylvania if
2 Federal excise taxes on gasoline, beer, wine and tobacco are
3 substantially increased; and
4 WHEREAS, If Federal excise taxes are increased, the State of
5 Pennsylvania will lose approximately $35 million in additional
6 revenue; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
8 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the President and the
9 United States Congress to oppose any increase in the Federal
10 excise tax on gasoline, beer, wine and tobacco for the purpose
11 of reducing the Federal deficit; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
13 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers of
14 each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
15 Pennsylvania.
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