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Newsmakers 4/6: Sheldon Whitehouse

 

Apr 24, 2012 11:45 AM
This week on Newsmakers: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. With partisan politics putting Washington, D.C., in gridlock, Senator Whitehouse is hoping he can still get his so-called “Buffett Rule” bill passed. The law – officially titled the “Paying a Fair Share Act” – would require those making more than $2 million a year to pay at least 30 percent in income taxes. But critics say the bill is nothing more than a political sideshow, as it does little to reduce the country’s massive budget deficit  more »

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Gov. Lincoln Chafee, the first independent in his position, has his work cut out for him: fix the state's finances and help 66,000 unemployed Rhode Islanders get back to work.
 
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Governor: Lincoln Chafee
Lieutenant Governor: Elizabeth Roberts
Attorney General: Peter Kilmartin
State Treasurer: Gina Raimondo
Secretary of State: Ralph Mollis