By Kerry Trotter, Valley News Staff

Sundays are sacred at the tidy white house on the hilltop for Margaret Cheney and Peter Welch.

NEAL P. GOSWAMI
Posted: 02/04/2010 11:03:31 PM EST

Thursday February 4, 2010

BENNINGTON -- Vermont Rep. Peter Welch joined fellow Democrats in hailing passage of "pay-as-you-go" legislation Thursday that is aimed at slamming the brakes on spending in Washington.

Rep. Peter Welch on Tuesday introduced legislation to crack down on excessive Wall Street bonuses and help small businesses obtain the credit they need to survive and to create jobs. Welch unveiled the Wall Street Bonus Tax Act at a press conference Tuesday morning at Burlington International Airport as he prepared to return to Washington for the 2010 legislative year.

By Eric Dash

Everyone in Washington is taking a swing at Wall Street pay.

Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will introduce legislation that would impose a 50% tax on excessive bonuses at firms that received bailout funds.

The "Wall Street Bonus Tax Act" would apply only to bonuses over $50,000, and would use the tax revenue to support loans to small businesses.

Welch unveiled the proposal at a press conference in Burlington this morning.

Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Vermont U.S. Representative Peter Welch proposed a 50 percent tax on employee bonuses exceeding $50,000 at banks that received bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. Congressman on Tuesday introduced legislation that would tax bonuses at financial institutions that received government bailout funds, amid a growing debate over Wall Street bonuses.

Montpelier, Vt. – January 4, 2010 – Rep. Peter Welch unveiled legislation today aimed at helping Vermont businesses, workers and taxpayers confront the growing fiscal crisis caused by the depletion of the state’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) trust fund.

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 15, 2009
Remarks by The President on Energy Efficiency and Job Creation

Home Depot
Alexandria, Virginia

11:09 A.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Hello!  Hello!  (Applause.)  Thank you guys.  Thank you.  Everybody, please have a seat.

By Sam Hemingway

SOUTH BURLINGTON -- Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said Monday he wants a jobs bill now making its way through Congress to include a provision that would encourage struggling employers to temporarily retain workers rather than lay them off.