AC

The American Action Network, a conservative non-profit advocacy group, will unveil a Web campaign Monday urging House members to vote against a bill that would extend some current tax rates into the next year, but effectively allow rates on those earning more than $250,000 per year to increase. Playing off an Olympics theme, a new video argues that since many small business owners file taxes through their individual income tax returns, increasing the rate on those earning more than a quarter million dollars annually would make U.S. businesses less competitive with other nations with lower rates. The group is accompanying the video with a limited digital ad buy and a petition among its members. "Already hamstrung from this weak economic recovery, American small businesses can't afford another hurdle like this massive tax hike and still compete for the 'gold," said American Action Network spokesman Dan Conston. "Congress has a choice this week: they can either...