Two Kerry Bills Pass in Senate for Katrina Relief!

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Senate Passes Kerry Legislation to Provide Tax Relief, Help Guard and Reserve Troops Hurt By Katrina
September 15th, 2005
A successful day for Senator Kerry in the Senate today, with more news of Kerry legislation passing today. See my previous post on John Kerry’s Relief Package for Small Businesses Devastated By Hurricane Katrina passing in the Senate today, as well.

WASHINGTON - Today the Senate passed legislation proposed by Senator John Kerry (D - Mass.) that will provide financial support to National Guard and Reservists through immediate tax relief to their employers affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The provision is a modified version of a key part of Kerry’s Military Family Bill of Rights and was included in the tax package that passed the Senate today. It provides a tax credit to employers in the Gulf Coast impacted by Katrina who pay reservists that are called to duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Gulf Coast or elsewhere.

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John Kerry’s Relief Package for Small Businesses Devastated By Hurricane Katrina Passes Senate

John Kerry’s Relief Package for Small Businesses Devastated By Hurricane Katrina Passes Senate
September 15th, 2005
The Kerry Plan is First Hurricane-Relief Focused on Gulf Coast Small Business. A key provision will provide Nationwide Disaster Loans to cope with High Gas Prices.

WASHINGTON — With estimates of more than 400,000 jobs lost and 200,000 small business hurt by Hurricane Katrina, the Senate today passed a package of emergency economic aid and federal assistance for small businesses and others reeling from the destruction in the Gulf Coast.

The bipartisan amendment was offered today by Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.), Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), and David Vitter (R-La). It was authored by Kerry, who authored a similar assistance package for small businesses recovering in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Kerry is the Ranking Member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.

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