In many families, women are the primary breadwinners or contribute to a two-income household, and they need leaders who will make the right choices to grow the economy with high-paying jobs open to everyone.

Congressman Himes Fights for Women

Jim Himes has stood as a proud advocate for women in the nation’s Capitol, ensuring better access to quality health care coverage for women, fighting encroachment on women’s reproductive rights, advocating for improved childcare options and more flexibility in the workplace, and standing for the principle of equal pay for equal work with his support of the Lily Ledbetter Act.

As a supportive husband and proud father of two young girls, Jim will always work toward progress for all women.

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Working people in Connecticut received $2,227, on average, from tax breaks implemented by congressional Democrats like Jim Himes. Congressman Himes has continuously supported middle class tax and small business tax relief, and as a result, taxes were lower for most Connecticut families in 2009 than they have been in decades.

This past year, Congress enacted over $800 billion in tax cuts. Even conservatives agree: middle-class families are better off. Former Reagan policy advisor Bruce Bartlet highlighted the lower tax rate.

For information on how CT has benefited, check out this report.

Helping to Create New Jobs

Approximately one-third of the Recovery Act (or stimulus) came in the form of tax cuts. The Making Work Pay Tax Credit, the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit, adjustments to the AMT and new residential energy tax credits are putting money back in the pockets of Connecticut families. Tax cuts for businesses, like a loss-carryback provision, are working to create jobs.

Over 200,000 CT-4 Residents Paid Lower Taxes

In fact, in CT-4 alone, 218,000 individuals benefitted from the Making Work Pay Tax Credit. According to the Council of Economic Advisers, these tax cuts are responsible for roughly one-half of the up to 2.8 million jobs saved or created by the Recovery Act. And as a result of this bill, tax refunds are already up nearly 10 percent, reaching a record of $3,000 per taxpayer.

Here’s more information regarding the number of Connecticut families each of this year’s tax cuts have helped.

Congresman Jim Himes

On Sunday, March 21, the House of Representatives voted to finally make that the law of the land. Jim Himes voted “yes.” Yes to insuring 32 million Americans, yes to huge tax breaks for small business, yes to $1.3 trillion in deficit reduction, yes to the end of onerous insurance company denials that have cost lives and led millions into bankruptcy and yes to reducing the cost of prescription drugs for millions of senior citizens.

What Healthcare Reform Means for CT Residents

There has been a lot of mis-information spread by opponents of this historic healthcare bill, so to set the record straight, here is what this legislation means for Wilton and our neighbors in Congressman Himes’ district:

• Improved coverage for 463,000 residents with health insurance
• Tax credits for 94,000 families and 19,700 small businesses to help them afford coverage.
• Improved Medicare services for 99,000 beneficiaries by closing the prescription drug donut hold.
• Extend coverage to 31,000 uninsured residents
• Guarantee that 9,300 residents with pre-existing conditions can get coverage
• Protect 600 families from bankruptcy due to unaffordable health care costs
• Provide $50 million in new funding for 38 community health center
• Caps annaul of of pocket costs as $6,200 for individuals and $12,400 for families – and eliminates annual and lifetime limits on insurance coverage

Thank you Representative Himes!

Friends,

The President will deliver his State of the Union speech this evening. I have recorded a short message about what I hope to hear.

Please enjoy the speech tonight, and as always, I welcome your input and ideas.

Thanks,

Jim