MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4853), S8391, S8402, S8421, S8441 [2DE], S8702, S8719, S8727 [9DE], S8798, S8806 [10DE], S8846, S8848, S8855, S8859, S8868, S8869, S8870, S8872, S8873, S8874, S8875, S8884, S8885, S8886, S8887, S8902, S8919, S8927, S8928, S8929 [13DE], S9024, S9245, S9263 [14DE], H7874 [2DE], H8583, H8585, H8593 [16DE]

———consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1766), H8550 [16DE]

Articles and editorials

Essential Fix, S10248 [15DE]

Extend Go Zone to 2012, S10248 [15DE]

Tax Cuts Clearly Explained, H8529 [16DE]

`Temporary' Tax Code Puts Nation in a Lasting Bind, S9009 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 6467), H7854 [1DE]

Enact (H.R. 4853): consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1745), H7854 [1DE] (see H. Res. 1766), H8519 [15DE]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 4853): House amendment, S8391 [2DE], S8528, S8529 [4DE], S8702 [9DE], S8846 [13DE]

Letters

Provisions: Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, H7883 [2DE]

———several business organizations, H7884 [2DE]

Tax Hike Prevention Act: several Senators, H7877 [2DE]

Unemployment rates: Leo Hindery, Smart Globalization Initiative, S8465 [3DE]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4853), S8391 [2DE], S8701, S8702 [9DE], S10245, S10246, S10247, S10249 [15DE], H7874 [2DE]

Press releases

Congressional Black Caucus Alternative to the President's Compromise: Congressional Black Caucus, H8566 [16DE]

Remarks in House

Budget: deficit, H8526, H8528, H8560, H8581 [16DE]

Economy: extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, H8249 [8DE], H8266 [9DE], H8523, H8527, H8528, H8559, H8564, H8565, H8568, H8569, H8571, H8572, H8574, H8577, H8581, H8584 [16DE]

———impact of failure to extend Bush administration tax cuts, H8250-H8252 [8DE], H8508-H8511 [15DE]

Enact (H.R. 4853): consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1745), H7859-H7864 [2DE]

———consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1766), H8524-H8534, H8545-H8551 [16DE]

———Senate amendment, H7759, H7760, H7761, H7762, H7763, H7850-H7852 [1DE], H7858, H7859, H7874-H7887 [2DE], H8079-H8085 [7DE], H8092, H8248-H8252, H8254, H8255 [8DE], H8266, H8280 [9DE], H8295 [14DE], H8356, H8357, H8358, H8359, H8508-H8517 [15DE], H8522, H8523, H8524, H8552-H8595 [16DE], H8600 [17DE], E2071 [7DE], E2098 [9DE], E2128 [14DE], E2178, E2186, E2189, E2190, E2195, E2200, E2202, E2206 [18DE], E2211, E2225, E2232 [21DE]

Power resources: extend certain tax incentives for alcohol used as fuel and additional duties on ethanol, H8525 [16DE]

Taxation: extend credit for producing electricity from open-loop biomass, E2211 [21DE]

———extend estate tax relief, H8513-H8517 [15DE], H8523, H8554, H8555, H8560, H8562, H8573-H8577 [16DE]

———provide a temporary payroll tax reduction, H8526, H8558, H8560-H8565, H8576 [16DE], H8777 [17DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H7650 [30NO], H7761, H7762 [1DE], H8356, H8357, H8358, H8359 [15DE], H8523 [16DE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S10237-S10239 [15DE]

———rescind funds from certain Federal programs to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation, S10249-S10251 [15DE]

Economy: extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, S8703-S8708 [9DE], S8735, S8738-S8740, S8743, S8744, S8774-S8776, S8778-S8781 [10DE], S8840-S8844 [13DE], S8992, S9005, S9012 [14DE], S10252-S10255 [15DE]

Enact (H.R. 4853): House amendment, S8391 [2DE], S8445-S8468, S8474 [3DE], S8513-S8535 [4DE], S8545, S8553 [6DE], S8596 [7DE], S8622, S8628-S8631, S8634 [8DE], S8669, S8701-S8708 [9DE], S8735-S8781 [10DE], S8838-S8847, S8849, S8946 [13DE], S8964-S8966, S8969-S8972, S8976-S8979, S8985, S8992-S8999, S9001-S9021, S9278 [14DE], S10237-S10241, S10244-S10256 [15DE], S10401-S10404 [16DE], S10423 [17DE]

———House amendment, unanimous-consent agreement, S8458 [3DE], S9015 [14DE]

———House amendment, unanimous-consent request, S8978 [14DE], S10255 [15DE]

NASA: funding, S10250 [15DE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, S8688 [9DE], S8844 [13DE], S9013 [14DE], S10252 [15DE]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S9014 [14DE], S10246 [15DE]

Taxation: extend credit for producing electricity from open-loop biomass, S10253 [15DE]

———extend credit for production of biodiesel, S8841, S8846 [13DE]

———extend enhancements to health coverage tax credit, S8978 [14DE]

———extend estate tax relief, S8761, S8776 [10DE], S8979 [14DE], S10245, S10247 [15DE]

———extend Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credit, S10240, S10241, S10245, S10247-S10249 [15DE]

———improve and extend certain tax incentives for industrial, building, and vehicle energy efficiency, domestic manufacturing, renewable electricity, and carbon capture and sequestration, S9009 [14DE]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8992-S8999 [14DE]

———provide a temporary payroll tax reduction, S8736, S8745, S8762, S8777 [10DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S8448, S8454-S8457, S8461, S8464, S8465 [3DE], S8514-S8517, S8524, S8525 [4DE], S8545 [6DE], S8596 [7DE], S8737, S8747, S8763, S8778 [10DE], S8840, S8844 [13DE], S8970, S9005, S9013, S9019 [14DE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4853, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1745) (H. Rept. 111-671), H7854 [1DE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1766) (H. Rept. 111-682), H8519 [15DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 4853): consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1766), H8525 [16DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1745, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4853, provisions, H7859 [2DE]

H. Res. 1766, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4853, provisions, H8524, H8545 [16DE]

H.R. 4853, provisions, H8585-H8593 [16DE]