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Upton Votes to Prevent Student Loan Interest Rates from Doubling in July
May 23, 2013 -
Millions of student loan borrowers will soon see their interest rates double unless a responsible, long-term solution is enacted. Under current law, interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans made to undergraduates are scheduled to jump from 3.4 to 6.8 percent on July 1, 2013. To prevent this hike...
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Upton Demands Taxpayer Protection from IRS Targeting
May 17, 2013 -
Following the exposure of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) actions that targeted conservative-leaning organizations, Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, is demanding stronger protections for American taxpayers by making it a crime for IRS employees to engage in targeted discrimination. Upton is a co...
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Upton Supports Full Repeal of Obamacare as Rate Hikes Loom
May 16, 2013 -
The U.S. House of Representatives voted this afternoon to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Today’s vote follows the recent release of a report by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Chaired by Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, which highl...
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Upton Requests Further Action to Protect Great Lakes from Asian Carp
May 14, 2013 -
Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress from Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin in requesting that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee prioritize the protection of the Great Lakes region from Asian carp. “ … The spread of Asian carp in the ...
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Upton Strongly Urges EPA to Take Action on Contaminated Allied Site
May 13, 2013 -
Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, with U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow sent a letter last week strongly urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to complete the “total removal of all PCB contaminated materials from the Allied Site.” “The Allied Site is located within a ...
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Upton Promotes Skin Cancer Awareness Month
May 2, 2013 -
More than 3.5 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the United States every year, making it the most common type of cancer in the country. To help the fight against this deadly disease, Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, is reminding people that the month of May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer De...
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