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National

Key Vote

Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004



Key Votes:
HR 4227

Issues: Budget, Spending and Taxes
Date: 05/05/2004
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Robert Ruhl (R-CT) (out of office)



Roll no. 144

Bill Passed
(House)

How members voted
(333 - 89)


Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that would extend the previously-available alternative minimum tax relief to 2005.

Official Title of Legislation:

HR 4227: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend to 2005 the alternative minimum tax relief available in 2003 and 2004 and to index such relief for inflation.

Highlights:

-Sets alternative minimum tax relief for the year 2005 at up to $40,250 for individual taxpayers, and up to $58,000 for married couples (Sec. 2).

Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:hr4227:

House Passage: 05/05/2004 : Bill Passed 333 - 89 (Roll no. 144)

Senate Placed on Calendar: 05/07/2004 :

Sponsor:
Rep. Simmons, Robert Ruhl (R-CT) (out of office)

Cosponsors:
Rep. Akin, W. Todd (R-MO)
Rep. Bachus, Spencer (R-AL)
Rep. Baker, Richard Hugh (R-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham (R-SC)
Rep. Beauprez, Bob (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Biggert, Judy (R-IL)
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN)
Rep. Blunt, Roy (R-MO)
Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood (R-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Boehner, John (R-OH)
Rep. Bradley, Jeb (R-NH) (out of office)
Rep. Brady, Kevin (R-TX)
Rep. Brown, Henry Jr. (R-SC)
Rep. Burr, Richard (R-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Cannon, Chris (R-UT) (out of office)
Rep. Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
Rep. Chocola, Chris (R-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Cole, Tom (R-OK)
Rep. Collins, Mac (R-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Crane, Philip (-IL) (out of office)
Rep. DeMint, Jim (-SC) (out of office)
Rep. Doolittle, John (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. English, Philip (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Flake, Jeff (R-AZ)
Rep. Foley, Mark (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Fossella, Vito Jr. (R-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R-NJ)
Rep. Gibbons, James (R-NV) (out of office)
Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne (R-MD) (out of office)
Rep. Gillmor, Paul (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Harris, Katherine (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Hart, Melissa (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Hastings, Doc (R-WA)
Rep. Hayworth, John Jr. (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Hensarling, Jeb (R-TX)
Rep. Herger, Walter Jr. (R-CA)
Rep. Houghton, Amory Jr. (-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Isakson, John (-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Johnson, Nancy (R-CT) (out of office)
Rep. Johnson, Samuel (R-TX)
Rep. Johnson, Timothy (R-IL)
Rep. Jones, Walter Jr. (R-NC)
Rep. Kelly, Sue (R-NY) (out of office)
Rep. King, Peter (R-NY)
Rep. King, Steve (R-IA)
Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA)
Rep. Kline, John (R-MN)
Rep. Knollenberg, Joseph (R-MI) (out of office)
Rep. LaTourette, Steven (R-OH)
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus (R-MI)
Rep. Miller, Candice (R-MI)
Rep. Miller, Jeff (R-FL)
Rep. Murphy, Tim (R-PA)
Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Myrick, Suellen (R-NC)
Rep. Norwood, Charles Jr. (R-GA) (out of office)
Rep. Ose, Doug (-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Otter, Clement (R-ID) (out of office)
Rep. Pence, Mike (R-IN)
Rep. Pickering, Charles Jr. (R-MS) (out of office)
Rep. Porter, Jon Sr. (R-NV) (out of office)
Rep. Pryce, Deborah (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Ramstad, James (R-MN) (out of office)
Rep. Rogers, Michael (R-AL)
Rep. Rogers, Mike (R-MI)
Rep. Ryun, Jim (R-KS) (out of office)
Rep. Schrock, Edward (-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James Jr. (R-WI)
Rep. Sessions, Peter (R-TX)
Rep. Shays, Christopher (R-CT) (out of office)
Rep. Shimkus, John (R-IL)
Rep. Shuster, Bill (R-PA)
Rep. Simpson, Michael (R-ID)
Rep. Stearns, Clifford (R-FL)
Rep. Terry, Lee (R-NE)
Rep. Upton, Frederick (R-MI)
Rep. Walden, Greg (R-OR)
Rep. Wamp, Zach (R-TN)
Rep. Weldon, David (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Weller, Gerald (R-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Wicker, Roger (R-MS) (out of office)
Rep. Wilson, Addison Sr. (R-SC)
Rep. Wolf, Frank (R-VA)



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