Davis Supports Tax Relief for Tennessee Families June 06, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis today announced that he is sponsoring legislation, H.R. 2325, which will provide an increase in the child tax credit for families who make less than $26,000 per year.

In a last minute revision of the tax bill, Republican House and Senate leaders stripped out a provision which would allow lower-income taxpayers to receive tax relief from President Bush's so called stimulus plan.

"An estimated 168,000 families in Tennessee, would directly benefit from this provision," Davis said. "We should not penalize these working families because of their lack of income. They pay taxes and share the burden like every other American."

"Since this was brought to the publics' attention, I have received an out-pouring of concern from constituents back home asking me to make sure these tax paying families receive their appropriate share of the tax cut. It is a matter of fairness. How can you arbitrarily cover some children while leaving others behind?"