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On the recordDecember 13, 2011
Americans have made their lists for the holidays. Drum roll, please. Number 10, pass the doc fix for doctors who treat Medicare patients; Number 9, continue the payroll tax holiday for American workers; Number 8, approve the Keystone pipeline in the name of creating jobs; Number 7, extend and reform employment benefits; Number 6, repayment of subsidies and reduce all fraud, waste, and abuse; Number 5, prevent the EPA from destroying jobs by onerous boiler MACT regulation; Number 4, allow businesses to expense their costly purchases; Number 3, include spectrum auctions for more broadband services; Number 2, do all of this without adding to the deficit; and Number 1, please create American jobs. To my colleagues, don't be a grinch. Please help grant America's holiday wishes. And to the President, make this your list, check it twice. America wants and needs jobs for the holidays. ____________________
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
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Dec 13, 2011

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