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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Taxing &amp; Spending</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/10.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2009 House Bill 4178 (Establish state tax break for federal “new markets tax credits” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274691.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:37:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274691</guid><dc:creator>Admin003</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274691.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&amp;PostID=274691</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Rep. Agema, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Mr.&amp;nbsp;Speaker and members of the House:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;All these bills give the MEDC more responsibility. It is already an agency that can&amp;rsquo;t effectively run and spend it&amp;rsquo;s money. It needs to be eliminated.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 4178 (Establish state tax break for federal “new markets tax credits” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274690.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274690</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274690.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=10&amp;PostID=274690</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on February 6, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 103 in favor, 6 opposed and 1 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 192 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-4178'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>