Continue cutting taxes for the middle class, empowering small businesses to create jobs, and working to get the economy back on track.

Ben Ray is going to continue to cut taxes for the middle class, help empower small businesses to create jobs and work to get our economy back on track.

On his 2014 House campaign issues page, Lujan promised to continue middle-class tax cuts, support small-business job creation, and work on economic recovery.

On The Issues | Ben Ray Lujan for Congress
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Roll Call 70 was on agreeing to the H.R. 1 conference report; status passed, 246-183. The member list records Lujan, Democratic, New Mexico, as Yea.

Ben Ray Lujan voted for final House passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act conference report during the House term following his 2008 campaign.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Roll Call 70, H.R. 1
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 1 as law, with latest action on 02/17/2009: Became Public Law No. 111-5; it also records House passage of the conference report on 02/13/2009 by Roll no. 70.

The bill Lujan supported was enacted early in the same House term, turning his vote into enacted federal policy rather than only an attempted measure.

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Congress.gov: H.R.1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, All Actions
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The law created the Making Work Pay Credit: eligible individuals received a credit equal to 6.2 percent of earned income, capped at $400 or $800 for a joint return, with phaseout above $75,000 or $150,000.

This directly supports the middle-class tax-cut portion of the promise because ARRA provided temporary individual tax relief targeted below upper-income phaseout thresholds.

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Congress.gov: Public Law Text of H.R.1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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ARRA appropriated additional Small Business Administration loan funds, including $630 million for guaranteed loans, provided fee reductions for 7(a) and 504 loans, and authorized an economic stimulus lending program for small businesses.

The enacted law Lujan voted for included small-business credit and fee-relief provisions, supporting the promise to empower small businesses to create jobs.

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Congress.gov: Public Law Text of H.R.1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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Section 3 stated purposes included preserving and creating jobs, promoting economic recovery, assisting those most impacted by the recession, and investing in infrastructure with long-term economic benefits.

The enacted statute was explicitly designed to address the recession and job creation, matching the promise to work to get the economy back on track.

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Congress.gov: Public Law Text of H.R.1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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CBO described ARRA as enacted in response to economic weakness and grouped its provisions as including temporary tax relief for individuals and businesses; CBO estimated ARRA raised GDP and employment relative to what otherwise would have occurred.

CBO’s official retrospective supports that the law Lujan voted for had measurable economic and employment effects, though the effects diminished over time.

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Congressional Budget Office: Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output in 2014
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Public Law 111-240 was enacted to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program, increase credit availability for small businesses, and provide tax incentives for small business job creation.

During the same Congress, federal law added further small-business lending and tax incentives. This reinforces fulfillment of the small-business portion, though this item by itself does not show Lujan’s individual vote.

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GovInfo: Public Law 111-240, Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
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