00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 34                                                                     
01 Requesting the members of the Alaska delegation in the United States Senate to urge the                                 
02 Majority Leader of the United States Senate to allow President George W. Bush's                                         
03 economic security package to receive a vote.                                                                            
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05       WHEREAS President George W. Bush has proposed a bipartisan economic security                                    
06 package to protect jobs; and                                                                                            
07       WHEREAS President Bush's plan reduces taxes for low and moderate income                                         
08 households, ensuring that the most vulnerable workers will have more money in their pockets;                            
09 and                                                                                                                     
10       WHEREAS President Bush's plan promotes new job creation; and                                                    
11       WHEREAS President Bush's plan provides $3,000,000,000 in special national                                       
12 emergency grants to help displaced workers maintain health coverage, supplement their                                   
13 income, and receive job training; and                                                                                   
14       WHEREAS President Bush's plan makes $11,000,000,000 available to states to help                                 
15 low income workers obtain health insurance; and                                                                         

01       WHEREAS President Bush's plan encourages affected workers to take advantage of                                  
02 more than $6,000,000,000 in existing federal job search, training, and placement programs;                              
03 and                                                                                                                     
04       WHEREAS President Bush's plan encourages businesses to invest in new equipment                                  
05 and resources, allowing them to make purchases they might not otherwise have been able to                               
06 afford; and                                                                                                             
07       WHEREAS President Bush's plan gives consumers more to spend and invest and                                      
08 gives businesses and entrepreneurs more resources to help them retain or create more jobs;                              
09 and                                                                                                                     
10       WHEREAS President Bush's plan reduces taxes for low and moderate income                                         
11 households, which is in addition to relief already approved by the U.S. Congress, ensuring                              
12 that the most vulnerable workers will have more money in their pockets; and                                             
13       WHEREAS the economic security package has passed the U.S. House of                                              
14 Representatives twice and has bipartisan majority support in the U.S. Senate;                                           
15       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                      
16 members of the Alaska delegation in the U.S. Senate to urge the Honorable Thomas Daschle,                               
17 Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, to allow President Bush's economic security package to                              
18 receive a vote.                                                                                                         
19       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the                                    
20 Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators and members of the Alaska delegation in                                        
21 Congress.