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Hitting the Gas Pedal on Our Economy

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ExxonMobil Announces $50 Billion U.S. Investment Because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ExxonMobil announced today that the company will pump $50 billion in U.S. investments over the next five years following the recent enactment of the Republicans' Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This is a premium deal for American workers and consumers, marking a drastic shift from…

Package Ready for Pickup

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FedEx Announces $3.2 Billion in Wage Increases, Bonuses, Pension Funding, Investments Because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act FedEx delivered outstanding news to their employees today with their announcement that they will commit more than $3.2 billion in wage increases, bonuses, pension funding, and expanded U.S. capital investment expressly because of the…

Nailed It: Home Depot Announces Bonuses Because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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We wanted to make sure you saw that the Republicans' Tax Cuts and Jobs Act continues to cement our economic growth as Home Depot becomes the latest company to give their employees bonuses as a result of the savings they see under the bill. Home Depot employees will see their take-home pay build up as all hourly employees will receive bonuses ranging from $200-1,000, hammering home the…

Good News Brewing

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  Starbucks employees will be saying 'thanks a latte' to Republicans for passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as the company teas up a tall order of new benefits and pay raises for employees in a grande gesture of support for the bill. In a great way to espresso appreciation for their employees, Starbucks will pass more than $250 million in…

A Whole New World

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  Disney Hands Out $1,000 Bonuses to 125,000 Employees Because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act It's another zip-a-dee-doo-dah day in America following the passage of the Republicans' Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as Disney joins the list of over 200 companies handing out bonuses, raises, benefit increases, and more…

Democrats Finally End Their Shutdown

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the House passed a funding bill to fund the government through February 8, after Senate Democrats finally decided to reopen the government, three days after voting to shut it down. Today's vote comes after the House first voted to keep the government running last Thursday, ahead of the…

Scalise Letter to Colleagues: We Cannot Let Our Government Be Held Hostage to Democrat Political Antics

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) sent the following letter to his Republican colleagues regarding the Democrats' government shutdown stunt: Dear Colleagues, As I continue to recover in the hospital (and hopefully get released in the next few days), I wanted to let you know how proud I am of the work the House has done to do our job and take care of our business. For weeks,…

Louisiana Lawmakers Urge Senate Democrats to Fund Americas Priorities, Avoid Government Shutdown

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Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to continue funding the federal government, maintain critical military operations and provide a long-term reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that covers nearly 9 million children across the country and over 161,000 in Louisiana. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (La.-01),…

House Passes Pro-Life Legislation on Day of Annual March for Life

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the House passed the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act as hundreds of thousands of Americans from across the country are participating in the March for Life: “Here in Congress we must protect those who cannot protect themselves, and the House did just that today with the passage of the Born-Alive…

Scalise Calls on Senate Democrats to Stop Putting Illegal Immigration Politics Over the Lives of American Citizens

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the House passed the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to continue to fund the government at current levels until February 16.“By continuing to fund the government today, the House took action to ensure our men and women in the military will continue…