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Max Burns on Jobs

Former Republican Representative (GA-12, 2003-2005)


Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business.

American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: <0l>
  • Repeal the tax exclusion for extraterritorial income - Permits foreign corporations to revoke elections to be treated as U.S. corporations Business Tax Incentives - Small Business ExpensingTax Relief for Agriculture and Small Manufacturers
  • Tax Reform and Simplification for United States Businesses
  • Deduction of State and Local General Sales Taxes
  • Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform
  • Provisions to Reduce Tax Avoidance Through Individual and Corporation Expatriation
    Reference: Bill sponsored by Bill Rep Thomas [R, CA-22]; Bill H.R.4520 ; vote number 2004-509 on Oct 7, 2004

    Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record.

    Burns scores 7% by the AFL-CIO on union issues

    As the federation of America’s unions, the AFL-CIO includes more than 13 million of America’s workers in 60 member unions working in virtually every part of the economy. The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation. To accomplish this mission we will build and change the American labor movement.

    The following ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position.

    Source: AFL-CIO website 03n-AFLCIO on Dec 31, 2003

    2012 Governor, House and Senate candidates on Jobs: Max Burns on other issues:
    GA Gubernatorial:
    Nathan Deal
    GA Senatorial:
    Johnny Isakson
    Saxby Chambliss

    Retiring to run for other office:

    Running for Mayor:
    CA-51:Bob Filner(D)

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    IN-6:Mike Pence(R)
    WA-1:Jay Inslee(D)

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    AZ-6:Jeff Flake(R)
    CT-5:Chris Murphy(R)
    FL-14:Connie Mack(R)
    HI-2:Mazie Hirono(D)
    IN-2:Joe Donnelly(D)
    MO-2:Todd Akin(R)
    MT-0:Dennis Rehberg(R)
    ND-0:Rick Berg(D)
    NM-1:Martin Heinrich(D)
    NV-1:Shelley Berkley(D)
    WI-2:Tammy Baldwin(D)     		2011-2012 Special Elections:
    AZ-8:Gabby Giffords(D)
    CA-36:Jane Harman(D)
    CA-36:Janice Hahn(D)
    NV-2:Dean Heller(R)
    NV-2:Mark Amodei(R)
    NY-9:Anthony Weiner(D)
    NY-9:Bob Turner(R)
    NY-26:Chris Lee(R)
    NY-26:Kathleen Hochul(D)
    OR-1:David Wu(D)
    OR-1:Suzanne Bonamici(D)

    Retiring 2012:
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