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Democrats Don't Have the Votes to Pass Healthcare Reform...be that much more severe. There's a problem, though. Delay after delay have not only pushed a vote after Labor Day and Halloween; they've also made sure a vote (if there is to be one) is after Tuesday's elections that sent a shiver up and... In this article: Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Labor Day, Halloween, Gerald Connolly, and World Series |
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BusinessWeek Online | April 15, 2008
McCain's Gas-Tax Holiday
Top News April 15, 2008, 11:16AM EST Republican Presidential candidate John McCain calls for a suspension of federal gas taxes from Memorial Day to Labor Day, plus a simpler tax code by BusinessWeek Staff and Wire Reports For...
In this article: John McCain, Tax, Credit crunch, Memorial Day, Brooklyn, Iraq, and Carnegie-Mellon University
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NPR | April 29, 2008
Analyzing Proposed Gas Tax Holiday : NPR
...any relief coming? Last week in Congress, Sen. John McCain proposed suspending the federal gas tax between Memorial Day and Labor Day this year as a measure of relief for consumers during the height of the driving season. The federal tax is...
In this article: Tax, NPR, John McCain, United States, Recession, Memorial Day, and California Energy Commission
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www.washingtonpost.com | September 03, 2007
Labor Day Was No Holiday for Candidates
...but now, as he was in 1999, an underdog. He spent Labor Day slogging it out, making his case for the Republican nomination by shaking hands with voters one at a time in tiny towns dotting western Iowa. "Go sir. Run hard," said 66-year-old Bob...
In this article: Mitt Romney, John McCain, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards, Iowa, New Hampshire, and Fred Thompson
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Washington Times | September 10, 2009
GOP lawmaker's heckling draws fire, cash
...of Mr. Obama's plan. The Republican wrote on Twitter on Monday from a Labor Day parade in Chapin, S.C., "[M]any people called out to oppose Obamacare, which I assured them would be relayed tomorrow to DC." Sen. John McCain, Arizona...
In this article: Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Rob Miller, Nancy Pelosi, Twitter, GOP, Rahm Emanuel, and Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds State | May 06, 2008
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Nevada law would raise state gas tax if federal tax is cut
...said. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., have proposed suspending the 18.4 cents-per-gallon federal tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day as a way to provide relief to motorists facing rising fuel prices. Nevada...
In this article: Tax, Nevada, Las Vegas, Memorial Day, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain
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bizjournals: Local Business News | April 15, 2008
McCain proposes 'simpler' tax system - Pittsburgh Business Times:
...Times: On tax filing deadline day, likely Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona proposed suspending taxes on gasoline between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and creation of a simpler, alternative tax system. "Americans...
In this article: John McCain, Tax, Department of Education, Goods and services, Credit crunch, Memorial Day, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and IRS
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McCain proposes consumer tax cuts to boost economy
...he asked Congress to suspend the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from the Memorial Day holiday at the end of May to Labor Day in early September. "The effect will be an immediate economic stimulus -- taking a few...
In this article: John McCain, Tax, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, U.S., Medicare, Memorial Day, and Iraq War
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NY Observer: Politics | April 18, 2008
Presidential Panderers: McCain on Gas Tax, Clinton and Obama on Trade The New York Observer
...and even lower levels. With bridges falling down, potholes unfilled and mass transit never mentioned, John McCain wants to suspend the 18.4-cent-a-gallon federal gas tax from Memorial Day until Labor Day this summer. McCain's idea of an...
In this article: Tax, John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, E mail, Goods and services, Global warming, and Memorial Day
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Huffington Post | April 15, 2008
Joseph Romm: McCain reveals hypocrisy, cynicism with call for gas-tax holiday, energy budget freeze
To help people weather the downturn immediately, McCain was calling for Congress to institute a "gas-tax holiday" by suspending the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day.... Okay --...
In this article: John McCain, Tax, Recession, Carbon, Revenue, Progressives, and Capitalism
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Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create "a day off for the working citizens".
Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1894, two months after the May Day Riots of 1894. All fifty states have made Labor Day a state holiday.
Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer.
Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s. The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday—a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations," followed by a festival for the workers and their families. This became the pattern for Labor Day celebrations. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civil significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
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- United States
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