Playing the Tax Break Game

摘要

Championed a temporary tax credit to allow small companies to offset a portion of investments in therapies to prevent and treat acute and chronic diseases. The pharmaceutical industry contributed $434,043 to his campaign and leadership PAC for the 2010 elections. Several drugmakers, including Merck and Johnson & Johnson, are based in New Jersey. Sponsored a bill to give consumers a tax rebate of up to $7,500 toward the purchase of hybrid gas-electric cars or trucks. The Chevy Volt plug-in model, made by Detroit-based General Motors, hit showrooms in November. GM employees gave $84,635 to Stabenow between 1995 and 2010, more than workers from any other company.