On December 3, 2009, Congressman Arcuri joined U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-4) and other House members to announce their plans to introduce legislation to spur job creation and pay down the federal deficit by assessing a fee on Wall Street trades in excess of $100,000 annually. The Populist Caucus, which Arcuri is a Vice-Chairman of, has endorsed this legislation and boast 13 members as current cosponsors. This excerpt features the comments of Populist Caucus members Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01), Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY-24) and Rep. Betty Sutton (OH-13).
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