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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Congress Lowers Taxes for Working Families

Nov 9, 2007

Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today passed the Temporary Tax Relief Act, which reduces the tax burden on working families and promotes tax fairness by closing loopholes and preventing tax avoidance through offshore tax havens.

"This bill demonstrates our commitment to providing tax relief to working families," said Congresswoman Betty Sutton. "Ohioans work hard, play by the rules, and provide for their families. Congress has a responsibility to make sure that those rules are fair. This tax relief will help millions of working families in Ohio and across this nation by restoring fairness to the system."

The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was originally designed to make sure high-income individuals wouldn't be able to escape paying taxes. Since the AMT is not indexed to inflation or recent tax cuts, an increasing number of middle-class families were set to become subject to higher tax rates. The Temporary Tax Relief Act provides relief to the 23 million working families who were expected to fall under the AMT next year.

The Temporary Tax Relief Act also contains several other important provisions strongly supported by Congresswoman Sutton, such as an extension of the research and development tax credits to promote innovation and the high-tech jobs that are growing in importance in Northeast Ohio. It also includes deductions for teachers' classroom expenses, an increase to the child tax credit, and a deduction for homeowners' property taxes.

In 2005, there were 139,024 Ohio households paying the AMT. It is estimated that more than 830,000 Ohio households would have had to pay the AMT in 2007.

"Without this legislation, more than 45,000 households in my district alone would have been unfairly forced to pay the Alternative Minimum Tax," said Sutton. "Those families are already paying their fair share, while fund managers exploit tax loopholes and escape income tax with offshore accounts. Congress did the right thing by closing those loopholes and providing relief for working families from the Alternative Minimum Tax."