IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 10 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax giveaway since 2001 
to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans should be repealed and those 
monies instead invested in vital programs to relieve the growing burden 
on the working poor and to alleviate poverty in America. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Ms. LEE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax giveaway 
since 2001 to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans 
should be repealed and those monies instead invested 
in vital programs to relieve the growing burden on the 
working poor and to alleviate poverty in America. 
Whereas the number of persons living in poverty has risen 
every year since 2001 when massive tax breaks for the 
wealthy began; 
Whereas there were 37,000,000 people living in poverty in 
2004, an increase of 5,400,000 during the administration 
of President George W. Bush; 
Whereas in 2003 over 12,900,000 children lived in poverty; 
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Whereas in 2003 15,600,000 persons lived in extreme pov-
erty, defined as people with incomes lower than one-half 
of the established Federal poverty guideline; 
Whereas the number of Americans lacking health insurance 
rose to 45,800,000 in 2004, meaning that more Ameri-
cans are now without health insurance than at any point 
since the Census Bureau began collecting comparable 
data in 1987; 
Whereas for the years 2002 through 2005, the tax cuts for 
the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans has cost an esti-
mated $352,600,000,000 in Federal revenue; 
Whereas budget deficits jumped from $32,500,000,000 in 
2001 to $317,500,000,000 in 2002 primarily due to a 
precipitous drop in lost tax revenue; 
Whereas $352,600,000,000 could have provided Head Start 
enrollment costs for an average of 11,675,496 students 
annually for the years 2002 through 2005; 
Whereas $352,600,000,000 could have provided health insur-
ance coverage for an average of 20,020,440 uninsured 
Americans annually for the years 2002 through 2005; 
Whereas $352,600,000,000 could have provided college tui-
tion for an average of 17,093,271 university students an-
nually for the years 2002 through 2005; and 
Whereas $352,600,000,000 could have provided 3,174,831 
new low income housing units: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the portion of all tax cuts enacted in or 
after 2001 which benefits the wealthiest top 5 per-
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cent of Americans and burdens the Nation’s impov-
erished and working poor with rising debt and fewer 
services should be repealed, and 
(2) the revenues from such repeal be used to re-
lieve such burdens and alleviate poverty in America. 
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