TAXATION

Addresses

Joint Congressional Address on Job Creation: President Obama, S5451-S5454 [8SE], H6006-H6008 [8SE]

Agenda

Emergency meeting on status of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House), H9955 [20DE]

Amendments

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), S8508, S8551 [13DE]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4456, S4457 [7JY], S4477, S4478, S4488, S4489 [11JY], S4529, S4530, S4531, S4532 [12JY], S4562 [13JY], S4866, S4871, S4881 [25JY], S4963 [27JY]

Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), H371 [20JA]

Contracts: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), S7159 [7NO], S7196, S7202 [8NO], S7303 [9NO], S7330, S7339, S7386 [10NO], H7644 [16NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7090 [26OC]

Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9958 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S8749, S8752, S8776, S8780 [17DE], H8763, H8882 [13DE], H9960 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8757 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9958 [20DE]

Health: modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7090 [26OC]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), H436 [24JA], H472 [25JA], H492, H493, H494, H514 [26JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), consideration (H. Res. 54), H480 [26JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7957 [30NO]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), S2092 [4AP], S2099 [5AP]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 129), H1472 [2MR]

Transportation: extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), S5666, S5692 [15SE]

Analyses

Five Budget Reasons To Repeal the Democrats' Costly New Health Care Law: Representative Paul Ryan, S77 [25JA]

Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (S. 1346), S4519-S4527 [12JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H9998 [20DE], H10025 [23DE]

Articles and editorials

Analysis of the Obama Jobs Plan, S6409 [12OC]

As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Subsidies (excerpt), H3075 [5MY]

Balanced Budget Amendment—Instrument To Force Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes, S8519 [13DE]

Better in Rwanda, S7272 [9NO]

Bill To Tap Into Online Sales-Tax Revenue Makes Sense, S7438 [15NO]

Chief Threat to American Competitiveness—Our Tax Code, S7237 [9NO]

Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness, S4859 [25JY]

Debt-Limit Breakout, S4379 [6JY]

Debt-Limit Hobbits, H5808 [30JY]

Deficit Hypocrisy, H12 [5JA]

Deficits Need Balanced-Budget Amendment Fix, S8518 [13DE]

Easy Chair—A Letter to Barack Obama, E1562 [8SE]

Frustrated Executives Say Political Impasse Slows Hiring, Investing, S4925 [27JY]

Future of American Prosperity, S2758 [9MY]

Get Ready for a 70% Marginal Tax Rate, S4650 [19JY]

Get That Internet Tax Right, S7238 [9NO]

GOP Jobs Bill Slashes Benefits, Allows States To Drug-Test the Unemployed, H8356 [12DE]

GOP Jobs Plan Vs. Obama's, S7271 [9NO]

GOP Takes Packaging Path, H8755 [13DE]

H.R. 3 a Deliberate Attack on Small Business, H3022 [4MY]

Hatch and Lee's Balanced Budget Amendment—A Win for America, S8518 [13DE]

Health Care Reform Is Constitutional, H221 [18JA]

House GOP Agenda—Curtailing Abortion, Cutting Kids, H945 [16FE]

Internet Tax Is About Fairness, S7438 [15NO]

Level Field for Retailers—Requiring Online and Catalogue Retailers To Collect Sales Taxes Could Help the State Reach Worthwhile Goals, S7437 [15NO]

Ludicrous and Cruel, S2310 [8AP]

Make Congress End Handouts to Big Oil, S2857 [11MY]

Misrepresentations, Regulations and Jobs, H6931 [14OC]

New Pay-Go Rules Reveal GOP's Misplaced Priorities, H12 [5JA]

Obama Tunes Out, and Business Goes on Hiring Strike, S3484 [6JN]

ObamaCare's Incentive To Drop Insurance, S465 [2FE]

Obama's Campaign for Class Resentment, S8475 [12DE]

Obama's Duplicitous Debt Proposal, S5816 [21SE]

Online Sales Tax Bill Would Level Playing Field, S7437 [15NO]

Online Sales Tax Could Be a Boon, S7438 [15NO]

Online Sales Tax Path Is Clearing—After a Long Fight, States Are Winning, S7438 [15NO]

Patenting Tax Ideas, S1198-S1200 [3MR]

Politics vs. Reality, S4373 [6JY]

Prepare To Die for Lack of Money, H318 [19JA]

Reaganomics—What We Learned, S739 [15FE]

Real-World Impact of Tax Hikes on American Jobs, H5743 [29JY]

Repeal of ``Obamacare'' Would Help Wyoming, S392 [1FE]

Spending His Way to Austerity—President Obama's Latest Economics Lesson, S4113 [27JN]

States Tell Congress Online Tax Loophole Costly, S8448 [8DE]

Stealth Tax Hike—The Return of the Deduction Phase-Out Gambit, S4262 [30JN]

Talking With. . .Hank Fishkind—This Is the Recovery—And It's Going To Take Time, Economist Says, H6117 [13SE]

Tax the Rich? Good Luck With That, S2411 [13AP]

Texas Bucks National Unemployment Trend, H5747 [29JY]

Those Who Own America Should Help Pay for Government, H2588 [12AP]

Time for a Budget Game-Changer, S2069 [4AP], S2220 [7AP]

Who Benefits From Tax Expenditures?, S4471 [11JY]

Why 70% Tax Rates Won't Work, S3909 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: eliminate certain tax benefits (see H.R. 1232), H2037 [29MR]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions (see S. 1488), S5250 [2AU]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see S. 906), S2731 [5MY] (see S. 1484), S5250 [2AU] (see H.R. 3), H393 [20JA]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 237), H2933 [2MY]

———prohibit taxpayer funded elective abortions (see S. 877), S2686 [4MY]

Adoption: allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1576), H2909 [15AP]

Advertising: deny any deduction for direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see H.R. 722), H922 [15FE]

Afghanistan: condition U.S. assistance on bilateral agreement exempting work performed by U.S. contractors from taxation by Afghanistan (see H.R. 936), H1575 [3MR]

Agriculture: allow a credit against tax for certain fruit and vegetable farmers (see H.R. 317), H353 [19JA]

———permanently extend treatment of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 700), S2046 [31MR] (see H.R. 1747), H3107 [5MY]

———provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see S. 1561), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2959), H6231 [15SE]

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (see S. 340), S683 [14FE] (see S. 1387), S4675 [19JY] (see H.R. 1034), H1768 [11MR] (see H.R. 1079), H1840 [15MR] (see H.R. 1893), H3300 [13MY] (see H.R. 2279), H4456 [22JN] (see H.R. 2553), H5125 [15JY] (see H.R. 2644), H5579 [26JY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2553), consideration (see H. Res. 357), H5238 [19JY]

Alaska: permanently extend existing elective tax treatment for Alaska Native Settlement Trusts (see S. 1337), S4450 [7JY] (see H.R. 2320), H4526 [23JN]

Alcoholic beverages: exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see H.R. 1986), H3644 (see H.R. 1986), H3682 [25MY]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see S. 534), S1502 [9MR] (see H.R. 1236), H2037 [29MR]

———reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 777), H1177 (see H.R. 777), H1196 [17FE]

———reduce tax on beer (see S. 1111), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 1675), H2933 [2MY]

———regulate subsidies paid to rum producers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see S. 986), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1883), H3279 [12MY]

———support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H1983 [17MR]

Alternative minimum tax: increase exemption amount and index such amount for inflation (see H.R. 3747), H10014 [20DE]

———repeal on individuals (see H.R. 547), H550 [8FE]

American Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 652), S1827 [17MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: repeal and rescind all unobligated funds (see H.R. 599), H599 [9FE]

———rescind unobligated stimulus funds and require that such funds be used for Federal budget deficit reduction (see S. 391), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 620), H679 [10FE]

Animals: exclude from gross income amounts received on the sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 1271), H2106 [30MR]

———prohibit any Federal entity, in carrying out efforts to reduce effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock (see H.R. 279), H201 [12JA]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (see H. Con. Res. 35), H2575 [11AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]

Armed Forces: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of a member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see S. 697), S2046 [31MR] (see H.R. 3046), H6455 [23SE]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 1948), H3342 [23MY]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for the value of service not performed during active military duty (see H.R. 1570), H2909 [15AP]

———allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see S. 367), S791 [16FE] (see H.R. 743), H1039 (see H.R. 743), H1070 [16FE]

———increase tax benefits for child care assistance for military families (see H.R. 3540), H8075 [1DE]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 687), H774 [14FE]

———prevent extension of tax collection period merely because the taxpayer is a member who is hospitalized as a result of combat zone injuries (see S. 993), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1871), H3278 [12MY]

Arts and humanities: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 930), S2839 [10MY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1190), H1984 [17MR]

Aviation: allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (see H.R. 1011), H1724 [10MR]

Brazil: support continued development of relationship with the U.S. and negotiation of a bilateral tax treaty (see S. Res. 108), S1828 [17MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 3), S272 [26JA] (see S.J. Res. 5), S544 [3FE] (see S.J. Res. 10), S2046 [31MR] (see S.J. Res. 23), S4226 [29JN] (see H.J. Res. 52), H2107 [30MR] (see H.J. Res. 54), H2410 [6AP] (see H.J. Res. 81), H6977 [14OC]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 14), H136 [7JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation and increasing the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 56), H2534 [7AP]

———express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction (see S. Res. 331), S7613 [16NO]

———promote fiscal responsibility and control spending (see S. 3), S121 [25JA]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (see S. 1323), S4292 [30JN]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use both dynamic and static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 255), S481 [2FE]

Business and industry: allow a credit for teleworking expenses (see H.R. 710), H922 [15FE]

———allow a deduction for certain payments made to reduce debt on commercial real property (see H.R. 1147), H1982 [17MR]

———allow for annual elections to accelerate alternative minimum tax credits in lieu of bonus depreciation (see H.R. 3123), H6671 [6OC]

———allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see S. 1237), S3970 [21JN] (see H.R. 110), H37 [5JA]

———allow temporarily a reduced rate of tax relative to repatriated foreign earnings (see H.R. 1036), H1768 [11MR] (see H.R. 3460), H7828 [17NO]

———apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see S. 1558), S5624 [14SE] (see H.R. 797), H1250 (see H.R. 797), H1361 [18FE]

———clarify domestic production activities deduction rules relating to allowance deduction by U.S. contract manufacturers (see H.R. 2780), H5885 [1AU]

———clarify that bonus depreciation is not a cost allocated to a contract under the percentage of completion method for long-term contracts (see H.R. 3366), H7397 [4NO]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see S. 1908), S7829 [18NO] (see H.R. 2466), H4792 [8JY]

———develop and recruit new, high-value jobs to the U.S. and encourage the repatriation of jobs that have been off-shored to other countries (see S. 1247), S4023 [22JN]

———eliminate certain tax expenditures and evaluate effectiveness of remaining tax expenditures (see H.R. 2495), H4851 [11JY]

———empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 1832), S7294 [9NO] (see H.R. 3179), H6919 [13OC]

———encourage investment in certain industries by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 1313), H2265 [1AP]

———establish strategy to encourage manufacturing in the U.S. and the repatriation of manufacturing jobs (see H.R. 516), H509 [26JA]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1512), S5339 [6SE] (see H.R. 1244), H2037 [29MR]

———extend allowance for bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see S. 1873), S7452 [15NO]

———include incentives for companies to repatriate foreign earnings in comprehensive tax reform legislation in order to create new jobs (see S. Res. 25), S127 [25JA]

———increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see S. 435), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 2481), H4793 [8JY]

———increase limitation on expensing of certain depreciable assets for certain businesses that hire veterans (see H.R. 2443), H4748 [7JY]

———limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 382), H395 [20JA]

———modify and permanently extend incentives to reinvest foreign earnings in the U.S. (see S. 1837), S7294 [9NO]

———modify private activity bond rules to except certain uses of intellectual property from the definition of private business use (see H.R. 629), H680 [10FE]

———permanently extend the research credit, increase expensing for small businesses, and reduce corporate tax rates (see H.R. 1773), H3108 [5MY]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 749), H1039 (see H.R. 749), H1070 [16FE]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see S. 1452), S5071 [29JY] (see H.R. 2701), H5780 [29JY]

———provide a tax credit for the employment of wounded warriors (see H.R. 3384), H7397 [4NO]

———provide a temporary credit for hiring previously unemployed workers (see S. 1271), S4076 [23JN]

———provide a temporary dividends received deduction and create the Jobs Trust Fund to fund infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2862), H5964 [7SE]

———provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employers (see S. 1330), S4394 [6JY]

———provide a temporary surtax on increases in retained earnings of domestic corporations (see H.R. 3018), H6413 [22SE]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S. (see S. 155), S126 [25JA]

———provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 1478), H2603 [12AP]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief and extend total bonus depreciation (see H.R. 660), H723 [11FE]

———provide market-based manufacturing incentives (see H.R. 3495), H7890 [18NO]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (see S. 1375), S4608 [14JY]

———provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see S. 1785), S7066 [2NO]

———reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (see S. 1373), S4608 [14JY] (see H.R. 62), H35 [5JA]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 609), H679 [10FE] (see H.R. 934), H1575 [3MR]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations (see H.R. 937), H1580 [4MR]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and the capital gains and dividends tax rates (see H.R. 1074), H1796 [14MR]

———repeal certain limitations on expensing certain property and allow taxpayers to elect shorter recovery periods for purposes of determining the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 158), H39 [5JA]

———repeal exception to the treatment of consolidated groups under the personal holding company rules (see S. 1761), S6872 [20OC] (see H.R. 3052), H6455 [23SE]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see S. 258), S481 [2FE] (see S. 940), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 601), H678 [10FE] (see H.R. 1689), H2998 [3MY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies and distribute amounts raised to licensed drivers in order to provide relief from high gas prices (see H.R. 1813), H3159 [10MY]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see S. 907), S2731 [5MY] (see H.R. 468), H507 [26JA]

———require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see S. 215), S338 [27JA]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 467), H507 [26JA]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 1346), S4517 [12JY] (see H.R. 2669), H5660 [27JY]

———terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 3308), H7255 [2NO]

Buy American Act: require total domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 487), H508 [26JA]

Catastrophe Savings Accounts: establish (see H.R. 2100), H3985 [2JN]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow a credit for unreimbursed funeral expenses relative to a deceased indigent individual (see H.R. 1033), H1768 [11MR]

Charities: increase limitation on the amount of charitable contributions of ordinary income property taken into account in determining the charitable contribution deduction for any trade or business (see H.R. 2592), H5239 [19JY]

———increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at-risk individuals (see H.R. 499), H508 [26JA]

———provide a credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes (see H.R. 3177), H6919 [13OC]

———reform rules relative to fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property (see S. 931), S2839 [10MY]

Children and youth: clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see S. 577), S1676 [15MR] (see H.R. 3444), H7713 [16NO]

———create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth (see H.R. 1901), H3300 [13MY]

———disallow refundable portion of the child credit to taxpayers using individual taxpayer identification numbers issued by the IRS (see H.R. 3275), H7160 [27OC]

———increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see S. 160), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 1728), H3060 [4MY]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 508), H509 [26JA]

Coal: permanently extend and modify credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel (see H.R. 2223), H4326 [16JN]

Colleges and universities: exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work college (see H.R. 2478), H4793 [8JY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 705), S2046 [31MR] (see H.R. 1327), H2266 [1AP]

Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 9), H41 [5JA]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (see H. Res. 26), H102 [6JA]

Community development: extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 996), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 2655), H5579 [26JY] (see H.R. 3224), H6976 [14OC]

———provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 1542), H2854 [14AP]

———treat certain population census tracts for which information is not available as low-income communities under the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2740), H5883 [1AU]

Conservation of energy: extend the nonbusiness energy property credit to include insulated siding (see S. 1937), S8148 [1DE]

———provide a credit for performance-based home energy improvements (see S. 1914), S7829 [18NO]

———provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see S. 1526), S5458 [8SE] (see H.R. 2866), H6009 [8SE]

———provide for the designation of Clean Energy Business Zones and tax incentives for the construction of, and employment at, energy-efficient buildings and clean energy facilities (see H.R. 1611), H2911 [15AP]

Conservation of natural resources: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 481), H508 [26JA]

———apply installment sales treatment to property acquired for conservation purposes by a State or local government or certain tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1594), H2910 [15AP]

———increase limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see S. 1901), S7702 [17NO]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see S. 339), S683 [14FE] (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 390), H395 [20JA]

Constitutional amendments: abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H136 [7JA]

———abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (see H.J. Res. 50), H1842 [15MR]

———progressive taxation (see H.J. Res. 34), H774 [14FE]

———tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 24), H551 [8FE]

Construction industries: modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see S. 1575), S5726 [19SE] (see H.R. 2962), H6231 [15SE]

———modify timing rules for determining gross income relative to certain construction contracts (see H.R. 1993), H3644 (see H.R. 1993), H3682 [25MY]

Contracts: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see S. 89), S124 (see S. 164), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 674), H723 [11FE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (see H. Res. 448), H7068 [25OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 1726), S6600 [17OC] (see S. 1762), S6917 [31OC]

———require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (see H.R. 829), H1390 [28FE]

Corporations: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H3218 [11MY]

———allow a temporary dividends received deduction for dividends from a controlled foreign corporation (see S. 1671), S6330 [6OC]

———extend deduction for dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation by any corporation that has increased wages or placed property in service for the year (see H.R. 3448), H7713 [16NO]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 64), H35 [5JA]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 1163), H1983 [17MR]

———reduce maximum rate on income (see S. 85), S124 [25JA]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (see S. 45), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 2280), H4456 [22JN]

———repeal the corporate income tax (see H.R. 2911), H6180 [14SE]

———restrict benefits of Reverse Morris Trust transactions by removing incentives to sell off assets tax free by creating spinoff companies that assume large amounts of debt (H.R. 2604) (see H.R. 2604), H5285 [20JY]

Correctional institutions: permit information sharing with respect to prison inmate information (see S. 1367), S4608 [14JY]

Cosmetology: expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 974), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 1957), H3408 [24MY]

Courts: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (see S. 755), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 1416), H2533 [7AP]

———disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (see S. 794), S2387 [12AP]

Creating Small Business Jobs Act: extend certain provisions (see S. 1801), S7127 [3NO]

Crime: permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purposes of missing or exploited children investigations (see S. 246), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 1978), H3644 (see H.R. 1978), H3682 [25MY]

———prevent identity theft and tax crimes (see H.R. 3482), H7890 [18NO]

———prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see S. 1534), S5459 [8SE] (see H.R. 3215), H6976 [14OC]

Dept. of Defense: post on departmental website the cost to each taxpayer of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya (see H.R. 3088), H6551 [4OC]

Dept. of Education: allow a State to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 3176), H6919 [13OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (see S. 938), S2839 [10MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for payments in lieu of taxes for certain land (see H.R. 543), H550 [8FE]

Dept. of HUD: extend renewal community tax credit program (see H.R. 1428), H2534 [7AP]

Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 1692), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3599), H8260 [7DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit hiring of additional employees to enforce individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 434), H469 [25JA]

———provide a receipt to each taxpayer who files a Federal income tax return (see H.R. 1583), H2910 [15AP]

———provide an election for unmarried, nonitemizing individuals to have returns prepared by the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 1069), H1796 [14MR]

———provide taxpayers a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to various Government spending categories (see S. 437), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 1527), H2665 [13AP]

———rescind authority to develop a return-free tax system (see H.R. 2528), H5085 [14JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Program (see H.R. 3607), H8317 [8DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist veterans to find employment and make permanent and modify the work opportunity tax credit for unemployed veterans (see H.R. 3355), H7330 [3NO]

Disabled: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 905), S2731 [5MY] (see H.R. 1479), H2603 [12AP]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see S. 1872), S7452 [15NO] (see H.R. 3423), H7626 [15NO]

———provide credit to individuals for legal expenses paid relative to establishing guardianship of a disabled individual (see H.R. 878), H1524 [2MR]

Disasters: allow individuals either a credit against income or a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a voluntary or mandatory evacuation (see H.R. 2080), H3868 (see H.R. 2080), H3909 [1JN]

———create protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2101), H3985 [2JN]

———extend and expand tax relief for national disasters (see S. 1456), S5191 [1AU] (see H.R. 2718), H5882 [1AU]

———extend increase in the rehabilitation credit applicable to certain disaster relief (see H.R. 2901), H6138 [13SE]

———extend placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rule applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 30), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 559), H550 [8FE]

———provide a credit for hurricane and tornado mitigation expenditures (see H.R. 2067), H3868 (see H.R. 2067), H3909 [1JN]

———provide a credit for natural disaster mitigation expenditures (see H.R. 2099), H3985 [2JN]

———provide a look back rule in the case of federally declared disasters for determining earned income for purposes of the child tax credit and the earned income credit (see S. 1632), S5945 [23SE] (see H.R. 3048), H6455 [23SE]

———provide temporary tax relief for areas damaged by Southern severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding (see S. 1205), S3813 [15JN] (see H.R. 2321), H4526 [23JN]

Diseases: provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund (see H.R. 3466), H7829 [17NO]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2746), H5883 [1AU]

District of Columbia: create disaster protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for payment of policyholders' claims arising from natural catastrophic events (see H.R. 3139), H6672 [6OC]

———impose tax on income earned as a professional athlete by non-residents of the District (see H.R. 1998), H3645 (see H.R. 1998), H3682 [25MY]

———provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 266), H201 [12JA]

———tax bona fide residents in the same manner as residents of U.S. possessions (see H.R. 3731), H9945 [19DE]

Ecology and environment: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 461), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 1634), H2912 [15AP]

———impose a retail tax on disposable carryout bags (see H.R. 1628), H2912 [15AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 11), S122 [25JA]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 184), H40 [5JA]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H8879 [13DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (see S. 1917), S7908 [28NO] (see S. 1944), S8183 [5DE]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion (see S. 1720), S6600 [17OC]

———create jobs through tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and strengthening workforce training programs (see H.R. 3302), H7207 [1NO]

———define a value for the dollar to stimulate the economy and provide for a sound U.S. dollar (see H.R. 1638), H2912 [15AP]

———encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 3487), H7890 [18NO]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H. Res. 501), H9945 [19DE]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (see H. Res. 502), H9945 [19DE]

———impose a regulatory moratorium and prevent taxes from being raised for a certain period (see H.R. 3518), H7928 [29NO]

———impose a surcharge on high income individuals (see H.R. 3105), H6624 [5OC]

———jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 1965), S8461 [8DE]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 336), S683 [14FE] (see H.R. 696), H774 [14FE]

———prevent pending tax increases (see H.R. 206), H102 [6JA]

———prevent pending tax increases and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 86), H35 [5JA]

———provide growth through small business tax relief, research and innovation, veterans' business incentives, regulatory relief, support for high-skilled workers, and counterfeiting enforcement (see S. 1866), S7451 [15NO] (see H.R. 3476), H7889 [18NO]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3630), H8322 [9DE] (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (see H. Res. 491), H8727 [12DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 502), H9945 [19DE]

———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (see S. 1960), S8414 [7DE]

———provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1174), S3683 [9JN]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see S. 1549), S5536 [13SE] (see S. 1660), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 12), H6341 [21SE]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (see H.R. 3765), H10026 [23DE]

———retool manufacturers for clean energy production, provide worker training and tax credits for value-added agriculture investments, expand broadband access, and extend Build America Bonds program (see S. 1895), S7702 [17NO]

———spur economic growth and create jobs (see H.R. 3400), H7405 [10NO]

———strengthen competitiveness (see S. 1), S121 [25JA]

Education: allow a business credit for donations for vocational educational purposes (see H.R. 2549), H5086 [14JY]

———allow a tax credit for qualified tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 2624), H5398 [22JY]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 956), H1619 [8MR]

———encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see S. 1055), S3275 [24MY] (see H.R. 135), H38 [5JA] (see H.R. 289), H202 [12JA]

———establish lifelong learning accounts to provide an incentive for employees to save for career-related skills development and to promote a competitive workforce (see H.R. 1869), H3278 [12MY]

———expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses (see S. 93), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 1767), H3108 [5MY]

———expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses, adjust contributions for inflation, and make expansion of such accounts permanent (see S. 141), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 1768), H3108 [5MY]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 3148), H6781 [11OC]

———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 37), H34 [5JA]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H3106 [5MY]

———increase and extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 35), H34 [5JA] (see H.R. 694), H774 [14FE]

———provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 485), H508 [26JA]

———provide deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for home schooling expenses (see S. 94), S124 [25JA]

———provide for the deductibility of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see H.R. 953), H1619 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 954), H1619 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 955), H1619 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 957), H1619 [8MR]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 378), S870 [17FE]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 529), H549 [8FE]

Electric power: encourage deployment of highly efficient combined heat and power property (see H.R. 2784), H5885 [1AU]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H7255 [2NO]

———modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 2750), H5884 [1AU]

———provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see S. 1397), S4802 [21JY] (see H.R. 3238), H6983 [18OC]

———provide tax credit parity for electricity produced from renewable resources (see H.R. 2286), H4456 [22JN]

———provide tax incentives for producing electricity from wasted heat (see H.R. 2812), H5896 [5AU]

Electronic commerce: make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see S. 135), S125 [25JA]

———promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see S. 971), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 1860), H3278 [12MY]

Employment: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3720), H9926 [16DE]

———create jobs through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 992), H1722 [10MR]

———exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see S. 1781), S7066 [2NO] (see H.R. 3195), H6920 [13OC]

———extend and modify exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (see H.R. 3060), H6456 [23SE]

———extend exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (see H.R. 2709), H5780 [29JY]

———extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to previously unemployed individuals and credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period (see H.R. 477), H507 [26JA]

———incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 1333), S4394 [6JY] (see H.R. 2421), H4671 [6JY]

———limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 1864), H3278 [12MY]

———limit extent to which States may tax compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters (see S. 1811), S7155 [7NO]

———make permanent the deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 880), H1524 [2MR]

———modify the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2082), H3869 (see H.R. 2082), H3910 [1JN]

———provide a credit to employers for the retention of certain individuals newly hired before a certain date (see H.R. 2873), H6010 [8SE]

———provide additional tax relief for private sector job creation (see S. 12), S122 [25JA]

———provide exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to service members and veterans and credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period (see H.R. 2826), H5928 [26AU]

———provide tax incentives to employers for providing training programs for jobs specific to the needs of the employers (see H.R. 2742), H5883 [1AU]

———restore credit lost from replacement of the making work pay credit with the employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 772), H1176 (see H.R. 772), H1196 [17FE]

Families and domestic relations: eliminate any time limitation for granting equitable innocent spouse relief (see H.R. 1450), H2569 [8AP]

———help middle class families succeed (see S. 2), S121 [25JA]

———make certain estate tax provisions permanent (see H.R. 1757), H3107 [5MY]

———provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see S. 965), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 3522), H7998 [30NO]

———reform estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 3467), H7829 [17NO]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H2106 [30MR]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 177), H40 [5JA]

———repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 143), H38 [5JA]

———repeal sunset of adoption credit expansion and adoption assistance programs and allow credit to be claimed in the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the adoption becomes final (see S. 82), S124 [25JA]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H3408 [24MY]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see S. 467), S1218 [3MR]

Federal employees: exclude executive branch officers and employees from nonrecognition rules relative to the sale of property to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements (see H.R. 293), H202 [12JA]

———make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (see S. 376), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 828), H1390 [28FE]

Federal-State relations: make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 24), S122 (see S. 80), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 445), H470 [25JA] (see H.R. 476), H507 [26JA]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 1439), H2569 [8AP]

Financial institutions: adjust date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (see H.R. 3128), H6671 [6OC]

———exclude from gross income certain interest amounts received by individuals (see H.R. 170), H39 [5JA]

———permanently modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see S. 1016), S3052 [17MY]

Fire prevention: treat automatic fire sprinkler systems under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1035), S3171 [19MY] (see H.R. 1792), H3109 [5MY]

Firefighters: clarify treatment of emergency service volunteers as independent contractors (see H.R. 2630), H5398 [22JY]

Food: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see S. 166), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 3729), H9945 [19DE]

———provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 3142), H6672 [6OC]

Foreign countries: provide for identification of corporate tax haven countries and increased penalties for tax evasion practices in haven countries that ship U.S. jobs overseas (see H.R. 3338), H7330 [3NO]

Foreign currencies: impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (see H.R. 755), H1176 (see H.R. 755), H1195 [17FE]

Foreign trade: impose a tax on imports from any country that employs indirect taxes upon exports and authorize compensatory payments to eligible exporters if certain U.S. trade negotiating objectives are not met (see H.R. 2666), H5660 [27JY]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds (see S. 1105), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 1982), H3644 (see H.R. 1982), H3682 [25MY]

Fuels: reduce Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in State fuel tax rates (see H.R. 1737), H3106 [5MY]

Gambling: provide a recovery period for computer-based gambling machines (see H.R. 427), H469 [25JA]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 1174), H1983 [17MR]

———regulate and tax Internet gambling (see H.R. 2230), H4327 [16JN]

Government: allow taxpayers to make contributions to the Federal Government on their income tax returns (see H.R. 1541), H2854 [14AP]

———extend time for filing individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government shutdown (see S. 783), S2348 [8AP]

———make the Federal income tax system simpler, fairer, and more fiscally responsible (see S. 727), S2130 [5AP]

Government regulations: provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see S. 845), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 2382), H4574 [24JN]

Gulf of Mexico: allow damage payments from BP P.L.C., in connection with the Deepwater Horizon blowout and explosion, to be included in gross income ratably over a certain number of years (see H.R. 2821), H5919 [16AU] (see H.R. 2821), H5931 [30AU]

Health: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 171), H39 [5JA]

———allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles (see S. 84), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 879), H1524 [2MR] (see H.R. 2491), H4851 [11JY]

———allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental products (see H.R. 1788), H3109 [5MY]

———conform income calculations for purposes of eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan and Medicaid to existing low-income assistance programs (see S. 1376), S4640 [18JY]

———delay implementation of health reform laws until there is a final resolution in pending lawsuits (see S. 281), S544 [3FE] (see H.R. 1185), H1984 [17MR]

———eliminate certain entitlement programs in order to reduce the deficit (see H.R. 3243), H7007 [24OC]

———ensure Social Security and railroad retirement benefits are taken into account in determining eligibility for Medicaid and the refundable credit for coverage under qualified health plans (see S. 1378), S4640 [18JY]

———exempt certain emergency medical devices from the excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 1310), H2265 [1AP]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see S. 1644), S6089 [4OC]

———improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 369), H394 [20JA]

———improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see S. 1098), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 2010), H3754 [26MY]

———improve health of individuals and reduce health care costs by reorienting health care system toward prevention, wellness, and health promotion (see S. 174), S127 [25JA]

———improve the health coverage tax credit (see S. 1117), S3427 [26MY]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see S. 1404), S4802 [21JY] (see H.R. 1004), H1723 [10MR]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (see S. 1762), S6917 [31OC] (see H.R. 2576), H5149 [18JY]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), consideration (see H. Res. 448), H7068 [25OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 299), H254 [18JA] (see H.R. 364), H394 [20JA] (see H.R. 397), H433 [24JA] (see H.R. 3682), H9430 [15DE]

———provide for equity relating to medical costs (see H.R. 2662), H5580 [26JY]

———provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 105), H36 [5JA] (see H.R. 3000), H6342 [21SE]

———provide that the prohibition on suits to restrain assessment or collection of tax does not apply to the tax provisions of health care reform legislation (see H.R. 3558), H8125 [2DE]

———reform provision of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 63), H35 [5JA]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see S. 17), S122 [25JA] (see S. 262), S543 [3FE] (see H.R. 436), H469 [25JA] (see H.R. 488), H508 [26JA] (see H.R. 734), H1038 (see H.R. 734), H1069 [16FE]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see S. 20), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 1744), H3107 [5MY]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (see S. 19), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 21), H33 [5JA] (see H.R. 1101), H1841 [15MR]

———require formal rulemaking process for rules relating to health care reform (see H.R. 1432), H2534 [7AP]

———treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 2649), H5579 [26JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize and rescind health-care related provisions funding (see H.R. 698), H774 [14FE]

———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H38 [5JA]

———repeal (see H.R. 141), H38 [5JA] (see H.R. 299), H254 [18JA] (see H.R. 397), H433 [24JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (see S. 192), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA] (see H.R. 429), H469 [25JA] (see H.R. 636), H680 [10FE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 26), H102 [6JA]

———repeal title I (see H.R. 215), H134 [7JA]

Health care facilities: treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 59), S123 [25JA]

Health care professionals: provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 518), S1501 [9MR]

Homeless: qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of low income housing tax credit (see H.R. 3076), H6505 [3OC]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 500), H9430 [15DE]

Housing: allow a deduction for contributions to tax-exempt Housing Equity Savings Accounts (see H.R. 3360), H7331 [3NO]

———expand military housing allowance exclusion to determine area gross income in determining whether a residential rental property is qualified for purposes of the exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 2097), H3985 [2JN]

———extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 330), H353 [19JA]

———make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H8965 [14DE]

———make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and provide a minimum credit rate for existing buildings (see S. 1989), S8602 [14DE]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (see S. 631), S1827 [17MR]

Immigration: reform (see S. 1258), S4024 [22JN]

Income: apply a 100 percent continuous levy to Medicare providers and certain Federal contractors with delinquent tax debt (see S. 478), S1219 [3MR]

———permanently reduce individual income tax rates (see H.R. 185), H40 [5JA]

———provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1631), H2912 [15AP]

———repeal certain tax cuts extended for high income individuals (see H.R. 2710), H5780 [29JY]

———repeal withholding of income and Social Security taxes (see H.R. 918), H1574 [3MR]

Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for charitable contributions (see S. 557), S1547 [10MR] (see H.R. 2502), H4945 [12JY]

Information technology: require all wage withholding returns to be filed electronically (see S. 822), S2506 [14AP]

Insurance: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 636), H680 [10FE]

———ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see S. 1058), S3275 [24MY] (see H.R. 1971), H3409 [24MY]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 1171), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 2088), H3985 [2JN]

———extend health insurance costs tax credit (see S. 221), S338 [27JA]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 2198), H4277 [15JN]

———increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (see H.R. 2515), H5018 [13JY]

———prevent avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates (see S. 1693), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3157), H6853 [12OC]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1045), S3224 [23MY] (see H.R. 1955), H3408 [24MY]

Internal Revenue Code: permanently extend certain expiring provisions (see H.R. 1601), H2911 [15AP]

———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H1768 [11MR]

———repeal and replace with a flat tax (see S. 820), S2506 [14AP]

———terminate (see H.R. 462), H507 [26JA]

International corporations: extend look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 2735), H5883 [1AU]

International relations: reject creation of a system of global taxation, government bailouts for the financial sector, or climate regulation that would negatively impact the U.S. economy and sovereignty (see S. Res. 111), S1933 [29MR]

Investments: allow distributions from retirement accounts to start a business (see H.R. 2614), H5373 [21JY]

———allow loans from certain retirement plans for the payment of certain small business expenses (see H.R. 1661), H2913 [15AP]

———allow rollovers from other retirement plans into simple retirement accounts (see H.R. 661), H723 [11FE]

———clarify treatment of certain retirement plan contributions picked up by governmental employers (see H.R. 2934), H6181 [14SE]

———encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1534), H2854 [14AP]

———extend bond authority for those empowerment and enterprise zones with unused bond limitation (see H.R. 3478), H7890 [18NO]

———extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 11), H678 [10FE] (see H.R. 736), H1038 (see H.R. 736), H1069 (see H.R. 747), H1039 (see H.R. 747), H1070 [16FE]

———extend the zero capital gains rate on certain small business stock and the exception from minimum tax preference treatment (see S. 208), S272 [26JA]

———facilitate program-related investments by private foundations (see H.R. 3420), H7578 [14NO]

———impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see S. 1787), S7066 [2NO] (see H.R. 3313), H7255 [2NO]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 101), S124 [25JA]

———increase contribution limits to dependent care flexible spending accounts and provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits (see H.R. 682), H724 [11FE]

———increase limitation on capital losses (see H.R. 2049), H3755 [26MY]

———make early distribution penalty exception for certain qualified retirement plan distributions used to purchase a residence in foreclosure for a year or more (see H.R. 1526), H2665 [13AP]

———make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends (see S. 1647), S6089 [4OC] (see H.R. 3091), H6551 [4OC]

———modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see S. 593), S1751 [16MR] (see H.R. 2311), H4526 [23JN]

———modify rules relative to loans made from a qualified employer retirement plan (see S. 1020), S3105 [18MY] (see S. 1121), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 3287), H7206 [1NO]

———provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age 26 (see H.R. 1177), H1983 [17MR]

———provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss (see H.R. 2945), H6231 [15SE]

———provide penalty-free distributions from certain retirement plans for mortgage payments for a principle residence and modify hardship distribution rules (see S. 1656), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 3104), H6624 [5OC]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1635), H2912 [15AP]

———rescind tax on investment income (see S. 1738), S6764 [19OC]

———suspend the capital gains tax for a certain period for taxpayers other than corporations (see H.R. 2892), H6097 [12SE]

———temporarily exclude capital gain from gross income (see H.R. 3318), H7256 [2NO]

———waive penalty on distributions from qualified retirement plans for certain mortgage payments and for unemployed individuals, and increase age at which distributions from such plans are to begin (see H.R. 2756), H5884 [1AU]

IRS: change the deadline for income tax returns for calendar year taxpayers from the 15th of April to the first Monday in November (see H.R. 88), H35 [5JA]

———clarify application of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and require convening of a regulatory review panel for certain rules (see H.R. 2545), H5086 [14JY]

———disclose certain tax return information relative to identity theft (see H.R. 1538), H2854 [14AP]

———establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide low-income startup companies with financial and business assistance (see H.R. 3571), H8186 [6DE]

———expand availability of IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers (see H.R. 291), H202 [12JA]

———increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (see H.R. 1124), H1905 [16MR]

———make the Free File Program permanent (see S. 1796), S7127 [3NO] (see H.R. 2569), H5125 [15JY]

———make use of certain funds collected from user fees subject to appropriations acts (see H.R. 349), H354 [19JA]

———prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 119), H37 [5JA] (see H.R. 334), H353 [19JA]

———require fees for services provided by the IRS be deposited in the Treasury as general receipts (see H.R. 2585), H5238 [19JY]

———require to update collection policies and procedures to more adequately protect and assist taxpayers suffering an economic hardship (see H. Res. 89), H724 [11FE]

———simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by establishing an electronic tax lien notice database (see S. 1390), S4721 [20JY]

Law enforcement: reduce budget deficit and the burden on law-abiding taxpayers through stricter enforcement against delinquent taxpayers (see S. 1289), S4156 [28JN]

Local government: broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see S. 1366), S4555 [13JY] (see H.R. 2698), H5780 [29JY]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see S. 1101), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 2841), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2841), H5939 [6SE]

Medicare: allow a refundable credit to military retirees for certain premiums (see H.R. 238), H135 [7JA]

———repeal the unearned income Medicare contribution (see H.R. 1549), H2854 [14AP]

Members of Congress: require disclosure of delinquent tax liability and require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (see H.R. 1866), H3278 [12MY]

Mining and mineral resources: repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines and use resulting revenues for deficit reduction (see S. 26), S122 [25JA]

Money: treat gold and silver coins used as legal tender in the same manner as U.S. currency (see S. 1287), S4156 [28JN]

Mortgages: make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 1018), H1724 [10MR]

Motor vehichles: modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow credit for certain off-highway vehicles (see S. 1417), S4911 [26JY]

Motor vehicle: encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2409 [6AP]

Motor vehicles: allow a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase of a new automobile or light truck (see H.R. 3756), H10015 [20DE]

———establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (see H.R. 2399), H4575 [24JN]

———exclude from gross income the reimbursement costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable organizations (see H.R. 387), H395 [20JA]

———expand technologies through which a vehicle qualifies for the credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (see S. 1602), S5902 [22SE]

———extend and modify the tax credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles (see S. 1285), S4156 [28JN] (see H.R. 3374), H7397 [4NO]

———increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit (see S. 232), S359 [31JA] (see H.R. 500), H508 [26JA]

———modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and allow the credit for certain off-highway vehicles (see H.R. 1659), H2913 [15AP]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see S. 110), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 860), H1454 [1MR]

———protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 2469), H4792 [8JY]

———provide a business credit for the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within designated nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 253), H135 [7JA]

———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see S. 1233), S3924 [20JN] (see H.R. 1706), H3060 [4MY]

———provide a tax credit for the retrofit conversion of a nonhybrid motor vehicle to a hybrid (see S. 1921), S7991 [29NO]

———provide incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles and increase investment in advanced vehicle technology, devlopment, and manufacturing (see S. 298), S614 [7FE]

———repeal credit for plug-in electric drive vehicles (see H.R. 3768), H10033 [30DE]

———suspend the excise tax on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 1889), H3279 [12MY]

———terminate ethanol tax credits (see H.R. 2231), H4327 [16JN]

Music and dance: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see H.R. 3343), H7330 [3NO]

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (see H.R. 2506), H4945 [12JY]

National objectives: reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (see H.R. 99), H36 [5JA]

———reform the Federal tax code (see S. 7), S122 [25JA]

National security: require all young persons to perform military or civilian service and allow induction to uniformed services during wartime (see H.R. 1152), H1982 [17MR]

National TEA Party Day: designate (see S. Res. 145), S2507 [14AP]

Native Americans: allow Indian tribal governments to transfer the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources (see H.R. 1992), H3644 (see H.R. 1992), H3682 [25MY]

———allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food (see H.R. 518), H509 [26JA]

———compensate local educational agencies and governments for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into trust for an Indian tribe or individual Indian (see S. 988), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1851), H3218 [11MY] (see H.R. 1882), H3279 [12MY]

———permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 1008), S3052 [17MY]

———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see H.R. 1039), H1768 [11MR]

Natural gas: exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products (see H.R. 1712), H3060 [4MY]

Nonprofit organizations: make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 3728), H9945 [19DE]

Oil Pollution Act: permit Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund use by Federal agencies to research, prevent, and respond to oil spills, for environmental studies, and grants for affected communities (see S. 204), S272 [26JA]

Organ donors: provide a nonrefundable personal credit to individuals who donate certain life-saving organs (see H.R. 2755), H5884 [1AU]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see S. 139), S126 [25JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: constitutionality (see H. Res. 469), H7714 [16NO] (see H. Res. 475), H7928 [29NO]

———deauthorize and rescind funding (see H.R. 698), H774 [14FE]

———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H38 [5JA]

———expedite Supreme Court review on constitutionality (see H.R. 1010), H1724 [10MR]

———freeze implementation and establish the Affordable Care Evaluation Commission to assess impact on health care delivery and the economy (see H.R. 3095), H6624 [5OC]

———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2213 [31MR]

———repeal (see S. 16), S122 [25JA] (see S. 192), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 2), H33 (see H.R. 105), H36 (see H.R. 141), H38 (see H.R. 145), H39 [5JA] (see H.R. 215), H134 [7JA] (see H.R. 299), H254 [18JA] (see H.R. 364), H394 [20JA] (see H.R. 397), H433 [24JA] (see H.R. 429), H469 [25JA] (see H.R. 636), H680 [10FE] (see H.R. 3682), H9430 [15DE]

———repeal certain limitations on health care benefits (see S. 312), S642 [10FE] (see H.R. 605), H679 [10FE]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 26), H102 [6JA]

———repeal health insurance tax (see S. 1880), S7612 [16NO]

———repeal limits on distributions from tax-preferred accounts for certain medicines and tax increase on certain distributions from health and medical savings accounts (see H.R. 524), H549 [8FE]

———repeal limits on health-related tax benefits and treat high deductible plans as qualified health plans (see H.R. 450), H506 [26JA]

———urge Federal courts to expedite disposition of actions challenging constitutionality of provisions (see H. Res. 74, 76), H551 [8FE]

Pensions: clarify tax treatment of church pension plans (see S. 143), S126 [25JA]

———expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see S. 1557), S5624 [14SE]

———modify exception from penalty for early withdrawals from government retirement plans for qualified public safety employees (see S. 1432), S4960 [27JY]

———provide for death and disability protection for loans from qualified employer plans (see H.R. 3656), H8880 [13DE]

———provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see S. 347), S747 [15FE] (see H.R. 567), H598 [9FE]

———reduce administrative burdens and encourage retirement plan formation and retention (see H.R. 3561), H8135 [5DE]

———repeal inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 1944), H3342 [23MY]

———waive minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans (see H.R. 2516), H5018 [13JY]

Petroleum: combat international oil price fixing and allow individuals an income tax credit to offset high gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 1347), H2291 [4AP]

———deny a deduction for removal costs and damages for which taxpayers are liable under the Oil Pollution Act (see H.R. 53), H34 [5JA]

———deny certain tax benefits to persons responsible for an oil spill if such person commits certain additional violations (see H.R. 1814), H3159 [10MY]

———disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to a discharge of oil (see S. 983), S2928 [12MY]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures, options, and swaps (see H.R. 2003), H3753 [26MY]

———provide relief from high gas prices by repealing subsidies for large oil companies, releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, reforming royalty laws, and penalizing price gouging (see H.R. 1748), H3107 [5MY]

Political campaigns: establish a revenue source for fair elections financing of Senate campaigns by providing an excise tax on amounts paid pursuant to contracts with the Government (see S. 749), S2187 [6AP]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 3600), H8260 [7DE]

———reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 414), H468 [25JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see S. 194), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 359), H394 [20JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), consideration (see H. Res. 54), H468 [25JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (see H.R. 3463), H7829 [17NO]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), consideration (see H. Res. 477), H7927 [29NO]

Poverty: facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 816), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 2151), H4074 [13JN]

Power resources: deny certain benefits to oil and gas companies and invest the savings in clean energy programs (see H.R. 1959), H3408 [24MY]

———eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 1007), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1961), H3408 [24MY]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see S. 1863), S7451 [15NO]

———exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (see H.R. 277), H201 [12JA]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see S. 591), S1677 [15MR] (see S. 1764), S6917 [31OC] (see H.R. 724), H923 [15FE]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see S. 1277), S4076 [23JN] (see H.R. 684), H773 [14FE] (see H.R. 2238), H4327 [16JN]

———modify the energy credit for microturbine property (see H.R. 3394), H7398 [4NO]

———provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (see H.R. 982), H1664 [9MR]

———provide a renewable electricity integration credit (see S. 1291), S4156 [28JN] (see H.R. 2391), H4574 [24JN]

———provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see S. 1845), S7367 [10NO]

———provide and investment tax credit for community wind projects having generation capacity of not more than a certain amount (see S. 1741), S6871 [20OC]

———provide for a variable volumetric ethanol excise tax credit rate based on the price of crude oil (see S. 884), S2686 [4MY] (see S. 1185), S3727 [13JN]

———reduce carbon dioxide emissions by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content (see H.R. 3242), H7007 [24OC]

———repeal certain incentives and subsidies for renewable fuels (see H.R. 426), H469 [25JA]

———repeal tax credits for ethanol blenders and repeal the tariff on imported ethanol (see H.R. 2307), H4526 [23JN]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (see S. 520), S1501 [9MR] (see S. 871), S2621 [3MY] (see S. 1057), S3275 [24MY] (see H.R. 1075), H1796 [14MR]

———temporarily increase investment tax credit for geothermal energy property (see S. 1413), S4869 [25JY] (see H.R. 1384), H2409 [6AP] (see H.R. 2408), H4671 [6JY]

Precious metals: treat income earned by mutual funds from exchange-traded funds holding precious metal bullion as qualifying income (see S. 107), S125 [25JA]

Propane: encourage greater use as a transportation fuel (see S. 1120), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 2014), H3754 [26MY]

Public debt: allow an individual to designate a percentage of their income tax liability be used to reduce the public debt and require spending reductions equal to amounts so designated (see S. 574), S1676 [15MR] (see H.R. 634), H680 [10FE]

———establish a fee on transactions to eliminate the national debt, provide a tax credit to offset the impact of the fee, and establish the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action (see H.R. 1125), H1905 [16MR]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H4326 [16JN]

———provide for an employee election on Form W-4 to have amounts deducted and withheld from wages to be used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2411), H4671 [6JY]

———provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see S. 1676), S6330 [6OC] (see H.R. 3099), H6624 [5OC]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes (see S. 552), S1547 [10MR]

Public safety officers: extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 933), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 2353), H4573 [24JN]

Public utilities: provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see S. 939), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 1802), H3159 [10MY]

Puerto Rico: allow certain corporations to elect to be treated as domestic corporations (see H.R. 3020), H6413 [22SE]

———make residents with one or two children eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2454), H4748 [7JY]

Railroads: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 100), S124 [25JA] (see S. 672), S1933 [29MR] (see H.R. 721), H922 [15FE]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 2091), H3985 [2JN]

Rates: make certain tax relief permanent and repeal the estate tax (see H.R. 123), H37 [5JA]

Real estate: allow an unlimited exclusion from transfer taxes for certain farmland and land of conservation value (see H.R. 1593), H2910 [15AP]

———encourage purchase of residential property by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 1481), H2603 [12AP]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 2327), H4527 [23JN]

———exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see S. 1616), S5903 [22SE] (see H.R. 2989), H6341 [21SE]

———expand and make permanent the standard deduction for real property taxes (see H.R. 1097), H1841 [15MR]

———expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 2479), H4793 [8JY]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 2555), H5125 [15JY]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 131), H38 [5JA]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (see H.R. 331), H353 [19JA]

———make permanent and expand the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see S. 22), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 1399), H2410 [6AP]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H103 [6JA]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 1827), H3217 [11MY]

Real estate investment trusts: anniversary of establishing legislation (see S. Res. 60), S871 [17FE]

Refuse disposal: provide an investment credit for waste-to-energy facilities (see H.R. 66), H35 [5JA]

Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund: establish to receive payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 1191), H1984 [17MR]

Renewable energy: expand definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer credit and special allowance for plant property (see S. 748), S2187 [6AP]

———extend and modify credits for alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 404), H434 [24JA]

———extend certain renewable fuel tax incentives and repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 851), H1454 [1MR]

———include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and include such fuels in the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit (see H.R. 1149), H1982 [17MR]

———promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (see S. 630), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 2994), H6342 [21SE]

———terminate incentives for alcohol used as fuel (see H.R. 1188), H1984 [17MR]

Research: extend the qualifying therapeutic discovery project credit (see H.R. 1988), H3644 (see H.R. 1988), H3682 [25MY]

———extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H1618 [8MR]

———increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 1577), S5726 [19SE]

———increase the credit for research expenses and allow the credit to be assigned (see H.R. 132), H38 [5JA]

———make permanent and increase credit for increasing research activities and increase domestic production activities deduction for property for which research and development occurred in the U.S. (see H.R. 689), H774 [14FE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 134), H38 [5JA]

———make the credit for research activities permanent and increase such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities (see H.R. 871), H1523 [2MR] (see H.R. 1329), H2266 [1AP]

———make the research credit permanent and increase the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 1693), H2998 [3MY]

———permanently extend and modify the research credit (see S. 825), S2506 [14AP]

———provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 88), S124 [25JA]

Revenues: repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see S. 13), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 25), H33 [5JA]

Roads and highways: provide special depreciation and amortization rules for highways and related property subject to long-term leases (see S. 836), S2506 [14AP]

———remove privatized highway miles as a factor in apportioning Federal funding (see S. 837), S2506 [14AP]

Safety: provide a deduction for the purchase, construction, and installation of a safe room or storm shelter (see S. 1583), S5773 [20SE]

Schools: allow rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings to qualify for rehabilitation credit (see S. 1685), S6461 [12OC]

———extend qualified school construction and zone academy bonds, treat zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, and modify private business contribution requirement for zone academy bonds (see S. 796), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 2394), H4574 [24JN]

Science: ensure development and responsible stewardship of nanotechnology (see H.R. 2749), H5883 [1AU]

———provide incentives for life sciences research (see S. 1410), S4868 [25JY] (see H.R. 2632), H5488 [25JY]

———treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1614), H2911 [15AP]

Securities: exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 786), H1177 (see H.R. 786), H1197 [17FE]

———specify when certain securities issued in connection with church plans are treated as exempted securities (see H.R. 33), H34 [5JA]

Senior citizens: allow a one-time, tax-free retirement plan distribution to pay for essential repairs to a principal residence, medical expenses, or expenses attributable to a federally declared disaster (see H.R. 2385), H4574 [24JN]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see S. 1006), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1058), H1796 [14MR]

———repeal taxes on income and improve income security (see H.R. 1140), H1906 [16MR]

Shipping industry: exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see S. 1964), S8461 [8DE] (see H.R. 1533), H2854 [14AP]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see S. 626), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 1031), H1768 [11MR]

Ships and vessels: allow the mortgage interest deduction with respect to boats only if the boat is used as the principal residence of the taxpayer (see H.R. 1702), H2999 [3MY]

———modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (see S. 57), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 1267), H2106 [30MR]

Small business: allow a business credit for investments in rural microbusinesses (see H.R. 2858), H5964 [7SE]

———allow a deduction for expenses in connection with the trade or business of selling medical marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1985), H3644 (see H.R. 1985), H3682 [25MY]

———allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (see H.R. 133), H38 [5JA]

———allow an income tax credit for equity investments in small businesses (see S. 256), S481 [2FE]

———establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 1180), H1983 [17MR] (see H.R. 1730), H3061 [4MY]

———extend increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 2739), H5883 [1AU]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1050), H1768 [11MR]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 3231), H6976 [14OC]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 687), S1977 [30MR] (see H.R. 1265), H2106 [30MR]

———preserve option for businesses to operate as they choose, including as flow-through entities, and oppose tax changes forcing such businesses to reorganize as C corporations (see S. Res. 88), S1219 [3MR]

———prevent the imposition of new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses (see S. Res. 309), S7066 [2NO] (see H. Res. 95), H1039 (see H. Res. 95), H1070 [16FE]

———provide for tax exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property (see H.R. 278), H201 [12JA]

———provide relief (see S. 361), S791 [16FE]

———repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see S. 1278), S4076 [23JN] (see H.R. 2092), H3985 [2JN]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see S. 18), S122 (see S. 72), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 60), H35 (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA] (see H.R. 584), H598 [9FE]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 129), H1454 [1MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations and impose a surcharge on high income taxpayers (see H.R. 417), H469 [25JA]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments (see S. 359), S791 [16FE] (see H.R. 705), H922 [15FE]

———temporarily provide the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1663), H2913 [15AP]

Small Business Savings Account: establish (see S. 364), S791 [16FE]

Social Security: amend extension of temporary employee payroll tax holiday to give individuals the choice of whether to participate (see H.R. 3551), H8124 [2DE]

———exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 787), H1177 (see H.R. 787), H1197 [17FE]

———improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 539), H550 [8FE]

———provide a temporary employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 3746), H10014 [20DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (see S. 1931), S8067 [30NO]

———repeal inclusion of gross income in benefits (see H.R. 150), H39 [5JA]

———repeal limitation on the imposition of employment taxes on wages in excess of the contribution and benefit base (see H.R. 2708), H5780 [29JY]

———repeal tax increase on benefits (see H.R. 149), H39 [5JA]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 148), H39 [5JA]

Solar energy: provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see S. 1858), S7368 [10NO]

———provide an investment credit for solar light pipe property (see S. 157), S126 [25JA]

———provide that solar energy property need not be located on the property to which it is generating electricity to qualify for residential energy efficient property credit (see S. 1093), S3426 [26MY]

Sports: make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 673), H723 [11FE] (see H.R. 3087), H6551 [4OC]

Teachers: allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 161), H39 [5JA]

Technology: allow a credit for equity investments in high technology and biotechnology small business concerns developing innovative technologies that stimulate private sector job growth (see H.R. 1732), H3061 [4MY]

———prohibit discrimination in State taxation of multichannel video programming distribution services (see H.R. 1804), H3159 [10MY]

———support innovation (see S. 239), S359 [31JA]

Telephones: repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 106), S125 [25JA] (see S. 1012), S3052 [17MY] (see S. 1934), S8148 [1DE] (see H.R. 428), H469 [25JA]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 543), S1546 [10MR] (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

Tips: provide that tips received for certain services shall not be subject to income or employment taxes (see H.R. 1139), H1906 [16MR]

Tobacco products: provide for the taxation of smokeless tobacco products sold as discrete single-use units (see H.R. 65), H35 [5JA]

———reduce smuggling (see S. 1706), S6505 [13OC] (see H.R. 3186), H6919 [13OC]

Transportation: allow States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities (see S. 1446), S5018 [28JY]

———empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see S. 1164), S3682 [9JN] (see H.R. 3264), H7133 [26OC]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (see H.R. 2887), H6096 [12SE]

———improve commuting and transportation options (see H.R. 1825), H3217 [11MY]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1034), S3171 [19MY] (see H.R. 2412), H4671 [6JY]

———provide commuter flexible spending arrangements (see S. 924), S2777 [9MY] (see H.R. 1680), H2933 [2MY]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (see S. 1769), S6917 [31OC]

U.N.: secure return to the U.S. of overpayments paid into the U.N. Tax Equalization Fund (see H.R. 519), H549 [8FE]

U.S. Library Trust Fund: allow taxpayers to designate income tax overpayments as contributions (see H.R. 257), H135 [7JA]

Unemployment: allow a credit to pass-thru entities for hiring unemployed individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3681), H9430 [15DE]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from pensions plans for unemployed individuals who have exhausted right to unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3234), H6976 [14OC]

———authorize an unemployment assistance voucher program (see H.R. 2137), H4035 [3JN]

———exclude from Federal tax certain payments made in connection with reductions in force (see H.R. 2263), H4364 [21JN]

———exclude from gross income amounts distributed from tax-favored accounts during a period of unemployment (see H.R. 2262), H4364 [21JN]

———include individuals who have exhausted all rights to emergency unemployment compensation as a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 2120), H4034 [3JN]

———prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to indviduals discharged for drug or alcohol use (see H.R. 2001), H3753 [26MY]

———provide assistance to employers and States and improve long-term solvency of unemployment compensation program (see S. 386), S870 [17FE]

———provide payroll tax relief to encourage the hiring of unemployed individuals (see H.R. 2868), H6009 [8SE]

———provide tax relief to the unemployed (see H.R. 2806), H5895 [5AU]

———reform compensation to promote work and job creation and allow forward funding of remaining Federal compensation funds (see S. 904), S2731 [5MY] (see H.R. 1745), H3107 [5MY]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (see H.R. 659), H723 [11FE]

Veterans: allow a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see S. 1474), S5250 [2AU]

———allow an increased work opportunity credit for recent veterans (see H.R. 1312), H2265 [1AP]

———allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see S. 1540), S5499 [12SE] (see H.R. 2888), H6096 [12SE]

———allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (see H.R. 834), H1390 [28FE]

———allow employers a credit against income tax for hiring veterans (see H.R. 781), H1177 (see H.R. 781), H1196 [17FE]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 136), H38 [5JA]

———allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see S. 1806), S7127 [3NO] (see H.R. 3352), H7330 [3NO]

———clarify waiver period with respect to a deductible made by a veteran for certain travel costs necessary to receive treatment at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 3350), H7330 [3NO]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see S. 146), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 865), H1455 [1MR]

———extend work opportunity credit for veterans (see H.R. 561), H550 [8FE]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (see H.R. 1595), H2910 [15AP]

———provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors (see H.R. 3402), H7405 [10NO]

———provide tax incentives for hiring post 9/11 veterans (see H.R. 2995), H6342 [21SE]

Virgin Islands: assist in recovery and development by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans' assets (see H.R. 2220), H4326 [16JN]

Volunteer workers: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see S. 932), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 2488), H4850 [11JY]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1816), H3159 [10MY]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 1911), S7829 [18NO] (see H.R. 376), H395 [20JA]

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative: allow a refundable credit for the cost of passports and other enhanced identification documents required to comply (see H.R. 2178), H4186 [14JN]

Wetlands: clarify capital gain or loss treatment of the sale or exchange of mitigation credits earned by restoring wetlands (see S. 664), S1933 [29MR] (see H.R. 2058), H3805 [31MY]

Women: protect breastfeeding, provide performance standards for breast pumps, provide tax incentives to employers to encourage breastfeeding, and provide reasonable break time for nursing mothers (see S. 1463), S5191 [1AU] (see H.R. 2758), H5884 [1AU]

———protect housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (see S. 1892), S7702 [17NO]

Cloture motions

Budget: require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4478 [11JY], S4542 [13JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), motion to proceed, S4313 [5JY], S4406 [7JY]

Contracts: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to proceed, S7141 [3NO], S7151 [7NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), motion to proceed, S6753 [19OC], S6840 [20OC]

Economy: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), motion to proceed, S8011 [30NO]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), motion to proceed, S8383 [7DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to proceed, S8673 [15DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), motion to proceed, S6351 [6OC], S6383 [11OC]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), motion to proceed, S1021 [28FE]

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO]

Cost Estimates

U.N. Tax Equalization Refund Act (H.R. 519): CBO, H567 [9FE]

E-mails

Free stuff: Ron and Cynthia Barrs, H6148 [14SE]

Excerpts

Federalist Paper No. 30: Alexander Hamilton, S4550 [13JY]

Explanations

Dept. of the Treasury Revenue Proposal Relative To Repeal of Domestic Manufacturing Deduction for Oil and Natural Gas Companies: Dept. of the Treasury, H3075 [5MY]

Repeal Withholding Tax on Federal, State, and Local Government Contracts (H.R. 674): Section on Reducing Veterans' Unemployment by Ensuring Training and Transition Assistance and Providing Incentives to Employers for Hiring Veterans, H7652-H7657 [16NO]

Factsheets

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: ACLU, E1086 [14JN]

Letters

Airport and Airway Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1993 [29MR]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1993 [29MR]

Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part II: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3318 [23MY]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3318 [23MY]

Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part III: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4533 [24JN]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4533 [24JN]

Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part IV: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5258 [20JY]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H5258 [20JY]

America Invents Act: Brian Donohue, HRB Digital LLC, S1201 [3MR]

———David B. Auclair, Grant Thornton LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———KPMG LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———several financial organizations, S1200 [3MR]

China's use of a value-added tax rebate to promote its soda ash industry: several Members of Congress, S3500 [6JN]

China's use of value-added tax rebate: several Senators, S6302 [6OC]

Comprehensive budget reform: Senator Levin, S5660 [15SE]

Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act: Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H1533 [3MR]

———Seth N. Arluck, New Hampton Lumber Co. Inc., H1547 [3MR]

Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization) and Mattie Corrao, Center for Fiscal Accountability (organization), S8516 [13DE]

———James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, S8517 [13DE]

———James Valvo, Americans for Prosperity (organization), S8516 [13DE]

———Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union, S8517 [13DE]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S8518 [13DE]

———William Wilson, Americans for Limited Government (organization), S8517 [13DE]

Court ruling on constitutionality of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Representative Burgess, H747 [14FE], H1205 [18FE]

Economic Growth and Jobs Protection Act: Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, S6766 [19OC]

Health care reform funding: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, E731 [15AP]

Marketplace Fairness Act: Betsy Laird, International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc., S7235 [9NO]

———Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, S7238 [9NO]

———Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee and Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, National Governors Association, S8447 [8DE]

———David French, National Retail Federation, S7235 [9NO]

———Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, S8447 [8DE]

———Katherine Lugar, Retail Industry Leaders Association, S7235 [9NO]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Jeffrey L. Esser, Government Finance Officers Association, S7234 [9NO]

———Lenny Eliason, National Association of Counties, S7234 [9NO]

———Luke Kenley, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Inc., S7234 [9NO]

———Patrick T. Carter, Federation of Tax Administrators, S7234 [9NO]

———Stephen Morris and Richard Moore, National Conference of State Legislatures, S7233 [9NO]

Middle Class Tax Cut Act: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S8390 [7DE]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Geoffrey Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., H9964 [20DE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H9965 [20DE]

———Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H9965 [20DE]

———Kent Tolley, National Roofing Contractors Association, H9965 [20DE]

———Pete Isberg, National Payroll Reporting Consortium, H9965-H9967 [20DE]

———Robert A. Sunshine, CBO, H8811 [13DE]

———Stephen C. Goss, SSA, H8799 [13DE]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H8754 [13DE]

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: Congressional Black Caucus female members, H3020 [4MY]

———District of Columbia Council, H3020 [4MY]

———Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H3031 [4MY]

———Vincent C. Gray, Mayor of Washington, DC, H3020 [4MY]

Permit tax-exempt bonds to be used to finance the purchase of fixed-wing aircraft for air ambulance services: Representative Camp, E927 [23MY]

———Representatives Doc Hastings and McMorris Rodgers, E927 [23MY]

Renewable energy tax incentives and grant programs extension: several Senators, S8503 [13DE]

Repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts: Government Withholding Relief Coalition, H665 [10FE], H7140 [27OC], H7659 [16NO]

———Jay Gonzalez, Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance, S1802 [17MR]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7659 [16NO]

Small business relief: Karen Kerrigan, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, S795 [16FE]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S796 [16FE]

Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6112 [13SE]

———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6112 [13SE]

Tax exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants: American Veterinary Medical Association, S1504 [9MR]

Taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions termination and Election Assistance Commission termination: Representative Hall, Committee on Science, Space and Technology (House), H8020 [1DE]

———Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), H8021 [1DE]

Trade agreements with Colombia, the Republic of Korea, and Panama: Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), E1808 [7OC]

U.N. Tax Equalization Refund Act: Richard R. Verma, Dept. of State, H564 [9FE]

Volumetric ethanol excise tax credit repeal: Michael L.H. Marsh, Western United Dairymen (organization), S3855 [16JN]

———Paul Cameron, S3854 [16JN]

———R. Timothy Columbus, Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, S3721 [13JN]

———several livestock and poultry organizations, S3854 [16JN]

———several organizations, S3854 [16JN]

Lists

Bureaucratic earmarks in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S6171 [5OC]

Corporations making profits but paying little or no Federal taxes, S4119 [27JN]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, H306 [19JA]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act, H1530 [3MR]

Messages

American Jobs Act: President Obama, S5495 [12SE], H6049 [12SE]

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2012: President Obama, S679-S681 [14FE], H728-H731 [14FE]

Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future: President Obama, S5724 [19SE], H6236 [19SE]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Switzerland: President Obama, S292 [26JA]

Motions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3041 [4MY]

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2553), H5264 [20JY]

Budget: require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4313, S4319 [5JY], S4478 [11JY], S4866 [25JY]

Business and industry: repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (S. 940), S3013 [17MY]

Contracts: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), S7141 [3NO], H7149 [27OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), S6753 [19OC]

Economy: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), S8011 [30NO]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), S8383 [7DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8820 [13DE], H9978 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), S6351 [6OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H321 [19JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H321 [19JA]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), S1021 [28FE], H496 [26JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), H8032 [1DE]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1549, H1551 [3MR]

Social Security: provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), S8445 [8DE]

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S7009 [1NO]

Petitions and memorials

Texas: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, H6146 [14SE]

Press releases

NCBA Supports Legislation To End Ethanol Subsidy, Import Tariff: National Cattlemen's Beef Association, S3855 [16JN]

NFIB Expresses Significant Concern About Payroll Tax Impact on Small Business: National Federation of Independent Business, H9965 [20DE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H338-H341, H343 [19JA], H802 [15FE], H2323 [5AP], H2337 [6AP], H3008, H3011, H3012, H3013, H3014, H3023-H3037, H3041-H3043, H3045 [4MY], H6871, H6873, H6875, H6889 [13OC], E90 [20JA], E812, E819, E827 [5MY], E849 [10MY], E855, E858, E859 [11MY], E1086 [14JN]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 237), H3014-H3023 [4MY]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H3041 [4MY]

Afghanistan: prohibit funding for contractors to pay any taxes to the Afghan Ministry of Finance, H4745 [7JY]

———prohibit funding for tax collection by the Afghan Ministry of Finance, H4720, H4721 [7JY]

———reduce military assistance and non-defense spending and use funds for domestic first responders and to encourage job creation, H3147 [10MY]

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 1079), H1992-H1994 [29MR]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 1893), H3317-H3319 [23MY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2279), H4533 [24JN]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2553), H5257-H5266 [20JY], H5583, H5594, H5608 [27JY], H5816 [1AU], E1446 [29JY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2553), consideration (H. Res. 357), H5251-H5257 [20JY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2553), motion to recommit, H5264 [20JY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2644), H5513-H5515 [26JY], H5617 [27JY], E1481 [1AU]

Alaska: permanently extend existing elective tax treatment for Alaska Native Settlement Trusts (H.R. 2320), E1200 [24JN]

Alcoholic beverages: reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (H.R. 1236), H5269 [20JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: economic impact of stimulus funding, H5169 [19JY], H5294 [21JY], H7153-H7156 [27OC], H7935 [30NO]

Americans for Democratic Action (organization): tribute to launch of campaign to address employment, the economy, Social Security and, raising the minimum wage, E729 [15AP]

Animals: exclude from gross income amounts received on the sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (H.R. 1271), E570 [30MR]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), H2648 [13AP], H2788, H2795-H2798 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2616-H2624, H2626, H2627 [13AP]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7158 [27OC]

Barletta, Representative: report on monthly constituent work period activities, E1126 [16JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H798 [15FE], H950 [16FE], H4511-H4515 [23JN]

———comply with cut-as-you-go requirement, H18, H19, H22, H23 [5JA], H52 [6JA], H4379-H4387, H4390 [22JN], H6935 [14OC], E15 [6JA]

———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H7843, H7844 [18NO]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H2881, H2903-H2908 [15AP], H4687 [7JY], H4864, H4935 [12JY], H4956 [13JY], H5089, H5115 [15JY], H5147-H5149 [18JY], H5586 [27JY], H6146 [14SE], H6357 [22SE], H6524 [4OC], H6630 [6OC], H6867 [13OC], E1370 [20JY], E1527 [19AU]

———express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction, H7592 [15NO]

Business and industry: bring manufacturing jobs back from overseas, H7733 [17NO], H8957, H8959 [14DE]

———eliminate certain tax expenditures, H5984 [8SE]

———eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, H423 [24JA], H3260 [12MY], H3800 [31MY]

———encourage investment in certain industries by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains, H1639 [9MR]

———extend the new market tax credit and the historic preservation tax credit, H6864 [13OC]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (H.R. 2701), H7177 [1NO]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief and extend total bonus depreciation (H.R. 660), H6144 [14SE], E214 [11FE]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate, H762 [14FE]

———reform the corporate income tax rate, H2652, H2661 [13AP]

———repeal exception to the treatment of consolidated groups under the personal holding company rules (H.R. 3052), E1714 [23SE]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H811 [15FE], H1008 [16FE], H1426 [1MR], H1550 [3MR], H2343, H2344 [6AP], H2660 [13AP], H2821, H2822, H2827, H2830 [14AP], H2939, H2993 [3MY], H3009, H3010, H3029, H3050 [4MY], H3066, H3076, H3083 [5MY], H3123-H3125, H3154, H3157 [10MY], H3175, H3210-H3213, H3215 [11MY], H3271 [12MY], H3799, H3800 [31MY], H4370 [22JN], H4512-H4515, H4523 [23JN], H5277 [20JY], H6393 [22SE], E192 [10FE]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies and distribute amounts raised to licensed drivers in order to provide relief from high gas prices (H.R. 1813), H3117 [10MY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (H.R. 1689), H3014 [4MY], H3069-H3076 [5MY]

Buy American Act: require total domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (H.R. 487), H574 [9FE], H1648 [9MR], H1828 [15MR], H2402 [6AP], H3258 [12MY], H3799 [31MY], H5959 [7SE], H6850 [12OC]

Cemeteries and funerals: allow a credit for unreimbursed funeral expenses relative to a deceased indigent individual (H.R. 1033), E460 [11MR]

Charities: provide a credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes (H.R. 3177), E1917 [24OC]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): conflicting deficit reduction ideologies of cutting entitlement programs and raising taxes on the wealthy, H7084 [26OC]

———prioritize deficit reduction from subsidies for large oil companies and corporate use of aircraft before cutting education programs, H5764, H5765 [29JY]

Committee on Small Business (House): accomplishments, H6787 [12OC]

Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), H230 [18JA], H266 [19JA], H360, H361-H373, H389 [20JA], H2944, H2945 [3MY], E95, E96 [24JA]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (H. Res. 26), H107-H118 [7JA]

Community development: extend the new markets tax credit (H.R. 2655), H8970 [15DE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H7074 [26OC], H7940 [30NO], H8174 [6DE]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2846-H2851 [14AP]

Conservation of energy: provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (H.R. 2866), E1557 [8SE]

Constitutional amendments: abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (H.J. Res. 50), E489 [15MR]

Contracts: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H665 [10FE], H6354 [22SE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), H7021, H7022 [25OC], H7072, H7075 [26OC], H7137, H7139-H7143, H7145, H7148, H7151, H7152 [27OC], H7213 [2NO], H7267, H7282 [3NO], E1952 [27OC], E1967 [1NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), Senate amendment, H7635, H7639, H7643-H7661 [16NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7084-H7090 [26OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to recommit, H7149 [27OC]

Corporations: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (H.R. 1834), H4687 [7JY]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations, H1828 [15MR]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (H.R. 2280), H4868 [12JY]

———repeal the corporate income tax (H.R. 2911), H6501 [3OC], H6546 [4OC], H6915 [13OC]

———restrict benefits of Reverse Morris Trust transactions by removing incentives to sell off assets tax free by creating spinoff companies that assume large amounts of debt (H.R. 2604), E1371 [20JY]

Crime: permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purposes of missing or exploited children investigations (H.R. 1978), E948 [25MY]

———prevent identity theft and tax fraud (H.R. 3215), H7733 [17NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H440 [25JA], H3980-H3983 [2JN], H4374 [22JN], H5032 [14JY], H8306-H8309 [8DE]

Dept. of Defense: require posting on a public website the cost to each U.S. taxpayer of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, H4745, H4746 [7JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for payments in lieu of taxes for certain land (H.R. 543), E202 [10FE]

Dept. of the Interior: Payments in Lieu of Taxes program funding, H1276, H1277 [18FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide a receipt to each taxpayer who files a Federal income tax return (H.R. 1583), E764 [15AP]

Disabled: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (H.R. 3423), H7727 [17NO], E2051 [15NO]

Disasters: allow individuals either a credit against income or a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a voluntary or mandatory evacuation (H.R. 2080), E1010 [1JN]

District of Columbia: create disaster protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for payment of policyholders' claims arising from natural catastrophic events (H.R. 3139), E1803 [6OC]

———impose tax on income earned as a professional athlete by non-residents of the District (H.R. 1998), E949 [25MY]

———provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (H.R. 266), H9003 [15DE], E56 [12JA]

Drugs: make taxes on marijuana and hemp, in States where such products are legal, comparable to taxes on alcohol and tobacco, H4957 [13JY]

Ecology and environment: impose a retail tax on disposable carryout bags (H.R. 1628), E758 [15AP]

Economy: address issues relative to economic disparity, H5298 [21JY], H7073, H7119, H7120 [26OC], H7238-H7240 [2NO], H7582 [15NO], H8958, H8959 [14DE]

———address issues relative to senior citizens, H7122-H7128 [26OC]

———analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H8174-H8178 [6DE]

———assessment of the policies of the Reagan administration, H5154 [19JY]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H609 [10FE], H1398, H1423-H1425 [1MR], H1514 [2MR], H1646, H1647 [9MR], H2091, H2094 [30MR], H2511 [7AP], H2649, H2650 [13AP], H3767-H3769, H3771, H3772 [31MY], H5208 [19JY], H5771 [29JY], H5870 [1AU]

———create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H8914 [14DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses, H8961 [14DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H7919, H7924 [29NO], H7941, H7942, H7951-H7956 [30NO], H8001, H8012, H8015 [1DE], H8080 [2DE], H8139, H8140, H8148-H8151, H8167, H8171, H8176, H8179-H8185 [6DE], H8199, H8200, H8202, H8216, H8251, H8252 [7DE], H8266, H8268-H8270, H8297, H8299, H8309 [8DE], H8908 [14DE], H9801 [16DE], H10003 [20DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), H7932 [30NO]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion, H7012 [25OC], H7077 [26OC]

———encourage investments in infrastructure, H425 [24JA], H3259 [12MY], H4195 [15JN], H4337 [21JN], H4377 [22JN]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), H9985, H9987-H9995 [20DE]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9949-H9960 [20DE]

———extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, H2879 [15AP], H3157 [10MY]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, H7153 [27OC]

———impact of Bush administration tax cuts, H4936 [12JY], H5177 [19JY], H5288 [21JY], H5378 [22JY], H5666, H5668 [28JY], H6306 [21SE]

———impact of Government regulations, H4071-H4073 [13JN], H4282 [16JN], H4376 [22JN], H4862, H4863 [12JY], H5244 [20JY], H5392 [22JY], H5437 [25JY], H5951-H5957 [7SE], H5973 [8SE], H6086-H6091 [12SE], H6150, H6174 [14SE], H6406 [22SE], H6558 [5OC], H6946 [14OC], H7044 [25OC], H7188, H7192 [1NO], H7269, H7319, H7321, H7322 [3NO], H7642 [16NO], H8013, H8014 [1DE], H8910, H8911, H8912 [14DE]

———impact of switch to chained consumer price index as means to measure inflation, H5245 [20JY], H5377 [22JY]

———impact of tax cuts, H748-H752 [14FE], H1708 [10MR], H2662 [13AP], H2820, H2821 [14AP]

———importance of job creation, H105 [7JA], H258 [19JA], H380 [20JA], H557, H559, H560 [9FE], H607, H673 [10FE], H706, H710 [11FE], H745, H746, H750, H756-H758, H762 [14FE], H838 [15FE], H1011 [16FE], H1405, H1406 [1MR], H1463, H1464, H1503, H1508-H1514 [2MR], H1529 [3MR], H1630-H1634, H1638, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1676, H1677, H1704 [10MR], H1806, H1820, H1821, H1827-H1832 [15MR], H1851, H1852, H1857-H1859, H1901 [16MR], H2049 [30MR], H2320-H2323 [5AP], H2398 [6AP], H2598 [12AP], H2675 [14AP], H3013, H3029 [4MY], H3082 [5MY], H3147-H3150 [10MY], H3169, H3170, H3213-H3216 [11MY], H3226, H3231, H3232, H3263-H3267, H3269 [12MY], H3324-H3328 [23MY], H3352 [24MY], H3803 [31MY], H3924 [2JN], H3989, H4023 [3JN], H4045, H4067-H4073 [13JN], H4094 [14JN], H4191, H4199, H4201, H4202 [15JN], H4282, H4318 [16JN], H4355-H4361 [21JN], H4469, H4470, H4473, H4515-H4524 [23JN], H4532 [24JN], H4592 [6JY], H4757, H4774 [8JY], H4861, H4867 [12JY], H4949, H4955, H4956, H4957 [13JY], H5025, H5029, H5030, H5031, H5032, H5033, H5080-H5083 [14JY], H5141-H5145 [18JY], H5155, H5167, H5168 [19JY], H5243, H5245, H5249, H5250, H5254, H5279-H5282 [20JY], H5289, H5299, H5300 [21JY], H5503 [26JY], H5592, H5593 [27JY], H5760, H5768-H5774, H5776 [29JY], H5786, H5787 [30JY], H5816, H5818 [1AU], H5942 [7SE], H5971, H5976, H5977, H5978, H5979, H5983, H5984, H5985 [8SE], H6014, H6036 [9SE], H6081-H6085 [12SE], H6104, H6105, H6106, H6129-H6135 [13SE], H6142, H6148, H6149, H6150, H6151, H6175-H6179 [14SE], H6226-H6228 [15SE], H6275, H6279, H6281 [21SE], H6356, H6391, H6392 [22SE], H6418, H6419 [23SE], H6495-H6501 [3OC], H6533-H6545 [4OC], H6566, H6617-H6622 [5OC], H6630, H6662 [6OC], H6678 [11OC], H6784, H6795 [12OC], H6859, H6860, H6872, H6874, H6878 [13OC], H6924, H6928, H6931 [14OC], H7004 [24OC], H7020, H7021, H7022, H7023, H7037-H7042 [25OC], H7082, H7090-H7094, H7096 [26OC], H7137, H7138, H7139, H7142, H7144, H7152 [27OC], H7168, H7187-H7194 [1NO], H7213, H7222, H7237 [2NO], H7264, H7265, H7267, H7269, H7270, H7271, H7272, H7273, H7283, H7284, H7316-H7324 [3NO], H7390-H7393 [4NO], H7421-H7425 [14NO], H7586, H7594, H7596, H7603, H7604, H7610-H7617 [15NO], H7695 [16NO], H7732, H7733 [17NO], H7834, H7838 [18NO], H7902 [29NO], H7933, H7951, H7989-H7994 [30NO], H8012, H8013, H8058 [1DE], H8080, H8081 [2DE], H8128 [5DE], H8147-H8152, H8174, H8179-H8185 [6DE], H8306 [8DE], H8741, H8743 [13DE], H8983 [15DE], E204 [10FE], E1539 [6SE]

———importance of tax reform to small businesses, H7115 [26OC]

———impose a surcharge on high income individuals (H.R. 3105), E1774 [5OC]

———national objectives priority assignments, H1501-H1508 [2MR], H1706-H1711 [10MR], H2035 [29MR], H3056-H3058 [4MY], H3210 [11MY], H4072 [13JN], H4340 [21JN], H5270-H5276 [20JY], H5401 [25JY], H5663 [28JY], H5876-H5881 [1AU], H5976 [8SE], H8904 [14DE]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts, H2513 [7AP], H7941 [30NO]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H8919 [14DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8351-H8356 [12DE], H8733, H8734, H8735, H8737, H8739, H8740, H8741, H8742, H8743, H8744, H8745, H8762-H8824 [13DE], H8905, H8907, H8908, H8909, H8911, H8912, H8913, H8914, H8919, H8959, H8961 [14DE], H8971, H8981, H8982, H8983, H8984, H8999 [15DE], H9799, H9801, H9818, H9919, H9920 [16DE], H9932, H9933, H9937, H9943 [19DE], H9997 [20DE], E2229 [12DE], E2255, E2259, E2260 [14DE], E2278, E2280 [15DE], E2309 [19DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9948, H9949, H9960-H9978, H10000, H10001, H10002, H10003, H10005-H10009, H10011 [20DE], E2337 [21DE], E2340, E2342 [23DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8745-H8759 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9949-H9960 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H9978-H9986 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to recommit, H8822, H8823 [13DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6150, H6151, H6157, H6159, H6164-H6174 [14SE], H6186, H6187, H6190, H6192-H6194, H6217 [15SE], H6258, H6264-H6269 [20SE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H6353, H6354, H6357, H6358, H6359, H6393, H6394 [22SE], H6418, H6419, H6449-H6453 [23SE], H6496-H6501 [3OC], H6515, H6519, H6520, H6521, H6522, H6523, H6533, H6538, H6541, H6543-H6548 [4OC], H6567, H6568, H6569, H6573, H6588, H6590, H6591, H6618 [5OC], H6630, H6636, H6662-H6665 [6OC], H6677, H6679 [11OC], H6786, H6793, H6795, H6849-H6851 [12OC], H6863, H6864, H6866, H6867, H6868, H6877, H6908-H6912 [13OC], H6926-H6930, H6962 [14OC], H7004 [24OC], H7014, H7017, H7018, H7020, H7021, H7022, H7023, H7060-H7063 [25OC], H7075, H7079, H7082, H7115-H7122 [26OC], H7137, H7147, H7152, H7153-H7156 [27OC], H7187 [1NO], H7221, H7222, H7223, H7238-H7243 [2NO], H7269, H7270, H7272, H7273, H7291 [3NO], H7336 [4NO], H7427 [14NO], H7586, H7590, H7591, H7592, H7593, H7612, H7616 [15NO], H7641 [16NO], H7718 [17NO], H7919-H7925 [29NO], H7935, H7941, H7942, H7951, H7977 [30NO], H8058, H8062 [1DE], H8179, H8182, H8183 [6DE], H8245, H8251 [7DE], H8958 [14DE], H8981, H8983 [15DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1549), H6915 [13OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), H6685 [11OC]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (H.R. 3765), H10021 [23DE]

Education: allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 956), E432 [8MR]

———encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 289), E47 [12JA]

———provide for the deductibility of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (H.R. 953), E435 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 954), E434 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (H.R. 955), E436 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 957), E436 [8MR]

Electric power: modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (H.R. 2750), E1478 [1AU]

Employment: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible, H3099 [5MY]

———create jobs through infrastructure investment, H6347 [22SE]

———create jobs through infrastructure investment (H.R. 992), H1857 [16MR]

———extend and modify exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (H.R. 3060), E1713 [23SE]

———impact of outsourcing jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H8957, H8959 [14DE]

———provide tax incentives to employers for providing training programs for jobs specific to the needs of the employers (H.R. 2742), H6495 [3OC]

Energy Tax Prevention Act: inclusion of provisions dealing with energy taxes, H2341 [6AP]

EPA: impact of Government regulations, H5450 [25JY]

Families and domestic relations: reform estate and gift taxes (H.R. 3467), E2091 [17NO]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1259), H7125 [26OC]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit, H8801 [13DE]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 1956), H6186 [15SE]

Federal-State relations: make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (H.R. 445), E112 [25JA]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (H.R. 1439), E674 [8AP]

Financial institutions: restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, H1674 [10MR]

Foreign currencies: impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (H.R. 755), E262 [18FE]

General Electric Co.: require Dept. of Defense to conduct a national security review of joint venture with the Chinese firm AVIC to develop jet avionic systems, H7637 [16NO]

Government regulations: prohibit tax increase on middle class, H1465-H1473 [2MR], H1530, H1537, H1539, H1540, H1542-H1549 [3MR]

Health: improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts, H8145 [6DE]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, H7650, H7651, H7660, H7661 [16NO]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), H7143-H7149, H7152 [27OC], E1952 [27OC]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7084-H7090 [26OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H407 [24JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 299), H232 [18JA], H348 [19JA], H2279 [4AP], E66 [18JA]

———provide that the prohibition on suits to restrain assessment or collection of tax does not apply to the tax provisions of health care reform legislation (H.R. 3558), E2169 [2DE]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), H5971 [8SE], H7124 [26OC], H7249-H7253 [2NO]

———repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees, H3119 [10MY]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance, H5591 [27JY]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (H.R. 21), H214 [18JA]

———repeal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance (H.R. 1101), E487 [15MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations, H2097 [30MR]

———health-care related provisions implementation funding, H389 [20JA], H812 [15FE], H1203-H1219 [18FE], H1443-H1445 [1MR], H1598 [8MR], H1657-H1660 [9MR], H1677 [10MR], H1761 [11MR], H1808 [15MR], H2097 [30MR], H3901 [1JN]

———IRS funding for implementation of health-care related provisions, H1281 [18FE]

———repeal (H.R. 299), H232 [18JA], H348 [19JA], H2279 [4AP], E66 [18JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions, H3817 [1JN], H8120 [2DE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H71, H72, H82-H95, H98-H101 [6JA], H106, H107, H120-H124, H127-H133 [7JA], H206, H209-H230, H232, H233, H236-H252 [18JA], H257, H258, H259, H260, H261, H262-H325, H328, H332-H338, H344-H350 [19JA], H359, H360, H361, H378, H379, H387-H390 [20JA], H405, H406, H421 [24JA], H587-H589 [9FE], H667 [10FE], H747 [14FE], H1046 [16FE], H1516 [2MR], H1763 [11MR], H1980 [17MR], H2255-H2258 [1AP], H2624 [13AP], H5880 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E83, E84, E86, E92 [20JA], E95, E97 [24JA], E120, E129 [26JA], E203 [10FE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H107-H118 [7JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H321 [19JA]

Homeless: qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of low income housing tax credit (H.R. 3076), E1745 [3OC]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H747-H754 [14FE], H6014 [9SE]

House Rules: requirement of a three-fifths vote on certain legislation increasing taxes, H1552 [3MR]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 500), H9812-H9821 [16DE]

Housing: extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (H.R. 330), E96 [24JA]

Immigration: reform fees and taxes of certain visa programs, E1026 [2JN]

Insurance: extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (H.R. 2088), E1031 [2JN]

———prevent avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates (H.R. 3157), E1822 [12OC]

Internal Revenue Code: terminate (H.R. 462), E130 [26JA]

Investments: allow distributions from retirement accounts to start a business (H.R. 2614), E1384 [21JY]

———extend the Build America Bonds program (H.R. 11), H646 [10FE], H812, H814 [15FE], H1917 [17MR], H5971 [8SE]

———suspend the capital gains tax for a certain period for taxpayers other than corporations (H.R. 2892), H6104 [13SE], E1598 [12SE]

IRS: disclose certain tax return information relative to identity theft (H.R. 1538), E719 [14AP]

———establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide low-income startup companies with financial and business assistance (H.R. 3571), H8198 [7DE]

———increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (H.R. 1124), H2042 [30MR], H2303 [5AP], H2401, H2402 [6AP], H5588 [27JY], H7018 [25OC]

Kagan, Elena: possible recusal from certain Supreme Court cases involving health care reform legislation relative to past role as Solicitor General, H4756 [8JY]

Minnesota: State government shutdown relative to budget process, H4592 [6JY], H4756 [8JY]

Motor vehicles: encourage natural gas vehicle investments, H7156 [27OC]

———exclude from gross income the reimbursement costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable organizations (H.R. 387), E89 [20JA]

———provide for an increase in the standard mileage rates to reflect the increase in the cost of highway fuels, H1806 [15MR]

Music and dance: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (H.R. 3343), H7270 [3NO]

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (H.R. 2506), E1297 [12JY]

National objectives: economic recovery, H381-H386 [20JA], H399, H402 [24JA], H439, H442, H443 [25JA], H571-H576, H589-H593 [9FE], H611 [10FE], H3257 [12MY], H4127 [14JN], H4517-H4524 [23JN], H4687, H4688 [7JY], H5234-H5237 [19JY], H5948, H5951 [7SE], H5972 [8SE], H6085 [12SE], H6104, H6127-H6129 [13SE], H6160 [14SE], H6219-H6225 [15SE], H6359 [22SE], H6469 [3OC], H6630 [6OC], H7063-H7067 [25OC], H7633 [16NO], H7834 [18NO], H8058 [1DE], H8352 [12DE], H8979 [15DE]

———protect vulnerable populations and revitalize the middle class, H6517 [4OC], H6790 [12OC]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (H.R. 99), E10 [5JA]

———reform the Federal tax code, H4862 [12JY], H6509 [4OC], H7064-H7067 [25OC], H7420, H7422 [14NO], H7610 [15NO]

National security: require all young persons to perform military or civilian service and allow induction to uniformed services during wartime (H.R. 1152), H1942 [17MR], H4464 [23JN]

Norquist, Grover G.: allegations of criminal and ethical misconduct and use of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to encourage partisanship and advance personal issues, H6509-H6514 [4OC]

North Carolina: cost of upgrading Medicaid billing system, H8994 [15DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H4855 [12JY], H6963 [14OC]

———evaluation of economic policies, H1805 [15MR], H4318 [16JN], H4374, H4378 [22JN], H6014 [9SE], H6144 [14SE], H6226-H6228 [15SE], H6242 [20SE], H7188, H7192, H7193, H7203 [1NO], H7695, H7705 [16NO]

———evaluation of policies relative to general aviation industry, H5377 [22JY], H6276 [21SE]

———State of the Union Message, H473, H503 [26JA]

Patent and Trademark Office: eliminate authority to set fees, H4493, H4494 [23JN]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods, H4426 [22JN], H4487-H4489 [23JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: constitutionality, H7880 [18NO]

———deauthorize appropriations, H2097 [30MR]

———impact, H4190 [15JN], H5392 [22JY], H7154 [27OC]

———implementation, H1429-H1435 [1MR], H1537 [3MR], H1910 [17MR], H2283 [4AP], H2651 [13AP], H2818 [14AP], H3273-H3275 [12MY], H3788-H3794 [31MY]

———implementation funding, H389 [20JA], H812 [15FE], H1203-H1219 [18FE], H1443-H1445 [1MR], H1598 [8MR], H1657-H1660 [9MR], H1677 [10MR], H1761 [11MR], H1808 [15MR], H2097 [30MR], H3901 [1JN]

———IRS funding for implementation of federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H1220, H1221 [18FE]

———IRS implementation funding, H1281 [18FE]

———repeal, H49, H50, H51, H52 [6JA], H1561-H1563 [3MR], H1975 [17MR], H2029-H2033 [29MR], H2260-H2262 [1AP], H2279-H2283 [4AP], H3102 [5MY], H3119 [10MY], H3817 [1JN], H4202 [15JN], H4519 [23JN], H5118-H5120 [15JY], H6568 [5OC], H7423, H7430 [14NO], H7590 [15NO], H7817-H7819 [17NO], H7902 [29NO], H7994 [30NO], H8069-H8071 [1DE], H8120 [2DE]

———repeal certain limitations on contributions to flexible spending accounts and on purchase of over the counter medications, H529 [8FE]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H71, H72, H82-H95, H98-H101 [6JA], H106, H107, H120-H124, H127-H133 [7JA], H206, H209-H230, H232, H233, H236-H252 [18JA], H257, H258, H259, H260, H261, H262-H325, H328, H332-H338, H344-H350 [19JA], H359, H360, H361, H378, H379, H387-H390 [20JA], H405, H406, H421 [24JA], H587-H589 [9FE], H667 [10FE], H747 [14FE], H1046 [16FE], H1516 [2MR], H1763 [11MR], H1980 [17MR], H2255-H2258 [1AP], H2624 [13AP], H5880 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E83, E84, E86, E92 [20JA], E95, E97 [24JA], E120, E129 [26JA], E203 [10FE]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H107-H118 [7JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H321 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 299), H232 [18JA], H348 [19JA], H2279 [4AP], E66 [18JA]

———repeal of Patient's Bill of Rights, H241 [18JA]

———repeal tax increase on certain distributions from health and medical savings accounts, H3119 [10MY]

———Supreme Court review of constitutionality, H7407 [14NO], H8069 [1DE], H8914 [14DE]

Pennsylvania: report on monthly constituent work period activities, E947 [25MY]

Political campaigns: allow taxpayer financing for local law enforcement security costs for political party conventions, H493 [26JA]

———allow voluntary contributions by taxpayers to finance Presidential election campaigns and party conventions, H494, H495 [26JA]

———prohibit any organization receiving Federal funds from using funds for Presidential campaigns and lobbying activities, H494 [26JA]

———reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (H.R. 414), H486, H488, H490, H491 [26JA], E2173 [2DE]

———require disclosure of political campaign contributions by special interests and foreign influences, H497, H498 [26JA]

———require funds remaining after termination of taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions be applied to deficit reduction, H492, H493 [26JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions, H1094, H1095 [17FE]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), H421 [24JA], H482-H499 [26JA], E143, E148 [8FE], E221 [14FE]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), consideration (H. Res. 54), H475-H482 [26JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), motion to recommit, H497, H498 [26JA]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), H7970 [30NO], H8016-H8034 [1DE], E2172, E2173, E2176 [2DE], E2185 [6DE]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7949-H7957 [30NO]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), motion to recommit, H8032, H8033 [1DE]

Poverty: facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (H.R. 2151), E1068 [13JN]

Power resources: modify incentives for production of biodiesel (H.R. 684), E222 [14FE]

———modify the energy credit for microturbine property (H.R. 3394), E2011 [4NO]

———reduce carbon dioxide emissions by imposing a tax on primary fossil fuels based on their carbon content (H.R. 3242), E1914 [24OC]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, H4953 [13JY]

———tax credits for alternative energy programs, H2827 [14AP], H4370 [22JN]

Public debt: establish a fee on transactions to eliminate the national debt, provide a tax credit to offset the impact of the fee, and establish the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action (H.R. 1125), H1910 [17MR]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (H.R. 2214), H5299 [21JY], H5738 [29JY]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, H1846 [16MR], H6851 [12OC]

Puerto Rico: allow certain corporations to elect to be treated as domestic corporations (H.R. 3020), H6278 [21SE]

Rates, H95-H97 [6JA], H675 [10FE], H799, H849 [15FE], H1507 [2MR], H1649 [9MR], H1707 [10MR], H1902 [16MR], H2322 [5AP], H2522, H2523 [7AP], H2588, H2593, H2594, H2597-H2599 [12AP], H2615, H2660-H2663 [13AP], H2681, H2682, H2807, H2808, H2812, H2813, H2816, H2817, H2820, H2823, H2829-H2831 [14AP], H2860 [15AP], H3057 [4MY], H3156 [10MY], H3264, H3265, H3269 [12MY], H4149 [14JN], H4470 [23JN], H4763, H4773-H4775 [8JY], H4798 [11JY], H4856, H4857, H4858, H4859, H4863, H4865, H4868 [12JY], H4951 [13JY], H5081 [14JY], H5090, H5108, H5109, H5114 [15JY], H5206, H5210, H5233, H5234-H5237 [19JY], H5271, H5272 [20JY], H5301 [21JY], H5391 [22JY], H5475-H5481 [25JY], H5495, H5497, H5498, H5502 [26JY], H5591 [27JY], H5663 [28JY], H5771, H5772 [29JY], H5787 [30JY], H6148, H6175 [14SE], H6242, H6268, H6269 [20SE], H6275, H6281 [21SE], H6355, H6394 [22SE], H6547 [4OC], H6679, H6684-H6686 [11OC], H7116-H7119 [26OC], H7323 [3NO], H7583, H7617 [15NO], H8108-H8111 [2DE], H8141, H8178 [6DE], H8307-H8309 [8DE], H8958, H8959 [14DE], H9952 [20DE]

Real estate: extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation, H1697 [10MR]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (H.R. 331), E97 [24JA]

Renewable energy: extend certain renewable fuel tax incentives and repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H4784, H4785 [8JY]

———promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (H.R. 2994), E1716 [23SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H72 [6JA], H442 [25JA], H475 [26JA], H666 [10FE], H706, H708, H709 [11FE], H1805 [15MR], H2938, H2942 [3MY], H3013 [4MY], H4195 [15JN], H4355-H4361 [21JN], H5032 [14JY], H6863 [13OC], H6934 [14OC], H7003 [24OC], H7062, H7063 [25OC], H7316-H7322 [3NO], H7733 [17NO], H7993-H7997 [30NO], H8059-H8062 [1DE], H8202 [7DE], H8741, H8743 [13DE], H8909 [14DE], H9999 [20DE], E134 [26JA], E314 [18FE]

Research: increase the credit for research expenses and allow the credit to be assigned (H.R. 132), E219 [14FE]

———make permanent and increase credit for increasing research activities and increase domestic production activities deduction for property for which research and development occurred in the U.S. (H.R. 689), H1644-H1646 [9MR], H4473, H4474 [23JN]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (H.R. 134), E219 [14FE]

———permanently extend the research and development credit, H3797 [31MY]

Revenues: repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H1412 [1MR], H2221, H2229 [1AP], H2289 [4AP], H2303 [5AP], H2549 [8AP], H2674 [14AP], H4126 [14JN], H4464 [23JN], H5175 [19JY], H5293 [21JY], H5498 [26JY], H5880 [1AU], H6223 [15SE], H6393 [22SE], H7075 [26OC], H7728 [17NO], H7885-H7888 [18NO], H8113-H8117 [2DE], H9909-H9914 [16DE]

Science: ensure development and responsible stewardship of nanotechnology (H.R. 2749), E1472 [1AU]

———provide incentives for life sciences research (H.R. 2632), H5677 [28JY]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H391 [20JA], E738 [15AP]

Securities: specify when certain securities issued in connection with church plans are treated as exempted securities (H.R. 33), H5130-H5134 [18JY]

Senior citizens: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (H.R. 1058), H7124 [26OC]

Small business: allow a deduction for expenses in connection with the trade or business of selling medical marijuana in accordance with State laws (H.R. 1985), E953 [25MY]

———allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (H.R. 133), E219 [14FE]

———denial of tax relief to companies found delinquent in paying their Federal taxes, H7149 [27OC]

———establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts (H.R. 1730), H3798 [31MY], H7613 [15NO]

———extend increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (H.R. 2739), H5971 [8SE]

———provide support for small business concerns, H6533-H6538 [4OC], H7020 [25OC]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, H213 [18JA], H277 [19JA], H688, H692 [11FE]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H635, H636 [10FE], H1404 [1MR], H1463, H1464 [2MR], H1527, H1529-H1553 [3MR], H1659 [9MR], H2309 [5AP], H3263 [12MY], E433 [8MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 129), H1465-H1473 [2MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H1550 [3MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1530-H1553 [3MR]

———temporarily provide the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire unemployed individuals (H.R. 1663), H5776 [29JY]

Social Security: amend extension of temporary employee payroll tax holiday to give individuals the choice of whether to participate (H.R. 3551), H8139 [6DE], H8972 [15DE]

———provide payroll tax relief, H7612 [15NO], H8822, H8823 [13DE]

———repeal incluion of gross income in benefits (H.R. 150), E3 [5JA]

———repeal tax increase on benefits (H.R. 149), E3 [5JA]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (H.R. 148), E9 [5JA]

States: prohibit taxes on businesses located at an airport when such revenue is not used for airport purposes, H2199 [31MR]

Tea Party movement: agenda, H10009-H10012 [20DE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (H.R. 1002), H7175-H7177 [1NO]

Tips: provide that tips received for certain services shall not be subject to income or employment taxes (H.R. 1139), E506 [16MR]

Transportation: extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), H6052 [12SE], H6102, H6106-H6119, H6123 [13SE], E1625, E1627 [14SE]

———improve commuting and transportation options (H.R. 1825), E853 [11MY]

———surface transportation funding, H6355 [22SE]

U.N.: secure return to the U.S. of overpayments paid into the U.N. Tax Equalization Fund (H.R. 519), H563-H570 [9FE], E197 [10FE]

Unemployment: authorize an unemployment assistance voucher program, H8804 [13DE]

———exclude from Federal tax certain payments made in connection with reductions in force (H.R. 2263, E1150 [21JN]

———exclude from gross income amounts distributed from tax-favored accounts during a period of unemployment (H.R. 2262), E1150 [21JN]

———reform compensation to promote work and job creation and allow forward funding of remaining Federal compensation funds (H.R. 1745), H3325, H3326 [23MY], H3421 [25MY], H3926 [2JN]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (H.R. 659), E209 [11FE]

Veterans: allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (H.R. 834), E331 [28FE]

———create tax credits for employers who hire veterans returning from war and veterans with service-connected disabilities, H7082 [26OC], H7242, H7243 [2NO]

———make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (H.R. 1595), E744 [15AP]

———provide tax credits to businesses hiring unemployed veterans and unemployed veterans with service disabilities, H7586 [15NO], H7635 [16NO]

———reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, H7639, H7650-H7661 [16NO], H7920 [29NO], H8957 [14DE]

Virgin Islands: assist in recovery and development by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans' assets (H.R. 2220), E1122 [16JN]

Women: prohibit Federal agents from accessing private medical records of victims of rape or incest, H3041-H3043 [4MY]

———protect breastfeeding, provide performance standards for breast pumps, provide tax incentives to employers to encourage breastfeeding, and provide reasonable break time for nursing mothers (H.R. 2758), E1471 [1AU]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), S2216 [7AP], S2753 [5MY], S2756 [9MY]

Agriculture: provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (S. 1561), S5686 [15SE]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S1419 [9MR], S3073 [18MY], S6825, S6827 [20OC], S7309 [10NO]

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 1079), S1943 [29MR]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 1893), S3263 [24MY]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2279), S4132 [27JN]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2553), S4775, S4776, S4811 [21JY], S4813 [22JY], S4943-S4947 [27JY], S4980-S4984, S4987, S5000 [28JY], S5170, S5181-S5183 [1AU], S5223-S5226, S5233, S5280 [2AU], S5297 [5AU]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (H.R. 2553), unanimous-consent request, S4840, S4841 [22JY], S4946, S4947 [27JY], S5179-S5181 [1AU], S5224 [2AU]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (S. 340), S687 [14FE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority (S. 1387), S4930 [27JY]

Alcoholic beverages: reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (S. 534), S1510 [9MR]

Alternative minimum tax: provide individuals relief, S4468 [11JY]

———repeal on individuals, S3760, S3761 [14JN]

American Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish, S7053 [2NO], S7101 [3NO]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: rescind unobligated stimulus funds and require that such funds be used for Federal budget deficit reduction (S. 391), S1519 [10MR]

Animals: deduction for expenses associated with ownership of a racehorse, S4279 [30JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), S2422-S2426, S2432 [13AP], S2461, S2465, S2467, S2489 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), unanimous-consent agreement, S2438 [13AP]

Armed Forces: allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard, S6066 [4OC]

———allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (S. 367), S7150 [7NO], S7278 [9NO]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S2318 [8AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, S2710 [5MY], S2980 [16MY], S3633, S3634 [9JN], S3722 [13JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, S957 [28FE], S1035, S1039 [1MR], S1107, S1109-S1111 [2MR], S1526 [10MR], S2311 [8AP], S2647 [4MY], S4109-S4113 [27JN], S4537 [13JY], S4569 [14JY], S4653-S4656 [19JY], S4901 [26JY], S8434-S8437 [8DE], S8702 [16DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 3), S821 [17FE], S3326 [25MY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), S2153 [6AP], S2227 [7AP], S2414, S2416 [13AP], S2710 [5MY], S3601 [8JN], S4837 [22JY], S4890, S4897 [26JY], S8493, S8495-S8499, S8507-S8539 [13DE], S8559-S8566, S8587, S8588 [14DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), unanimous-consent agreement, S8492 [12DE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 23), S4166-S4170, S4185-S4189, S4197-S4199, S4235 [29JN], S4244, S4249-S4255, S4273 [30JN], S4323 [5JY], S4340, S4342-S4344, S4346, S4347, S4350, S4358, S4364, S4369, S4378, S4380 [6JY], S4408, S4420, S4426, S4432 [7JY], S4499, S4500, S4502 [12JY], S4547 [13JY], S4663 [19JY], S4925 [27JY]

———eliminate wasteful spending and provide for comprehensive budget reform, S5659-S5661 [15SE], S7119 [3NO]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4297, S4305 [30JN], S4312 [5JY], S4477 [11JY], S4496, S4503-S4515 [12JY], S4536, S4540 [13JY], S4570 [14JY], S4865, S4866 [25JY], S4883, S4893 [26JY], S4933 [27JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), motion to proceed, S4313 [5JY], S4334-S4344, S4347-S4356, S4361-S4382 [6JY], S4403-S4409, S4411, S4413, S4415, S4435, S4440 [7JY], S4461, S4474-S4477 [11JY]

Bureau of the Census: release of poverty report, S5598 [14SE]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S777 [16FE]

Business and industry: corporate tax rates, S1950 [30MR]

———develop and recruit new, high-value jobs to the U.S. and encourage the repatriation of jobs that have been off-shored to other countries (S. 1247), S6443 [12OC]

———empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 1832), S7233-S7238 [9NO], S7436-S7439 [15NO], S8446-S8448 [8DE]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (S. 1452), S5073 [29JY]

———provide a temporary credit for hiring previously unemployed workers (S. 1271), S4100 [23JN]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S., S1593 [14MR]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S. (S. 155), S227 [25JA]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation, S4430 [7JY]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (S. 1375), S4616-S4620 [14JY]

———reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (S. 1373), S4615 [14JY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, S2816-S2819 [10MY], S2863 [11MY], S2896, S2919 [12MY], S3851 [16JN], S4255, S4263, S4265-S4267, S4284, S4285 [30JN]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (S. 258), S2480 [14AP], S2720 [5MY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (S. 940), S2818, S2832, S2850 [10MY], S2851, S2852, S2855, S2857, S2866-S2871 [11MY], S2900-S2902, S2904, S2905, S2907-S2909 [12MY], S2975, S2977, S2981-S2987, S3001 [16MY], S3004-S3007 [17MY], S3063-S3065, S3069-S3071, S3074, S3076-S3081, S3084, S3088 [18MY], S4268, S4275 [30JN]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (S. 940), motion to proceed, S3013-S3039 [17MY]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (S. 907), S2743 [5MY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S2907 [12MY], S4119 [27JN], S4282 [30JN], S4815 [22JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (S. 1346), S4518 [12JY], S5159 [1AU], S5700 [16SE]

Conservation of energy: provide a credit for performance-based home energy improvements (S. 1914), S7834 [18NO], S7904 [28NO]

Conservation of natural resources: make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (S. 339), S686 [14FE]

Contracts: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, S1802, S1803 [17MR], S3651 [9JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), S6899, S6927 [31OC], S6931 [1NO], S7150 [7NO], S7229, S7230, S7238, S7263-S7281, S7284, S7287 [9NO], S7307, S7326-S7328, S7330-S7346 [10NO], S7395 [14NO], S7422 [15NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to proceed, S7141 [3NO], S7145, S7151 [7NO], S7163, S7164, S7173, S7182 [8NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), unanimous-consent agreement, S7183 [8NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), unanimous-consent request, S6839 [20OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), S6622 [17OC], S6623 [18OC], S6912 [31OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), motion to proceed, S6753 [19OC], S6790, S6810-S6813, S6832, S6836-S6841, S6851 [20OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), unanimous-consent agreement, S6839 [20OC]

Corporations: reduce maximum rate on income (S. 85), S84 [25JA]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S1965 [30MR]

———repeal tax deferral on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property (S. 45), S152 [25JA]

Cosmetology: expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (S. 974), S2942 [12MY]

Courts: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due (S. 755), S2268 [7AP]

———disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (S. 794), S2395 [12AP]

Creating Small Business Jobs Act: extend certain provisions (S. 1801), S7128 [3NO]

Crime: prevent identity theft and tax fraud (S. 1534), S5461 [8SE], S5595 [14SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1171 [3MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: enforce adjusted gross income eligibility limits on farm subsidy recipients, S6850 [20OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles (S. 938), S2841 [10MY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program, S6831 [20OC]

———provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (S. 1692), S6465, S6466 [12OC]

Disasters: provide temporary tax relief for areas damaged by Southern severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding (S. 1205), S3810 [15JN]

Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day: observance, S354 [31JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (S. 11), S130 [25JA]

Economy: address issues relative to economic disparity, S7120 [3NO]

———analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, S2712 [5MY], S4171 [29JN], S4251, S4252 [30JN], S4797 [21JY], S5711 [19SE]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S1027 [1MR], S2251-S2253 [7AP], S3512, S3518 [7JN], S3596 [8JN], S4337, S4350, S4354, S4377 [6JY]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, S8164-S8166 [5DE], S8357, S8366 [6DE], S8469, S8472 [12DE], S8493, S8531 [13DE], S8555, S8574, S8577-S8581 [14DE], S8621, S8622, S8669 [15DE], S8694, S8715 [16DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), S7883, S7935 [28NO], S7937, S7939 [29NO], S8009-S8011 [30NO]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), motion to proceed, S8011, S8012 [30NO], S8079-S8083, S8103-S8105, S8109, S8111, S8120, S8138-S8140 [1DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), unanimous-consent agreement, S8126 [1DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), S8161, S8185, S8342 [5DE], S8345, S8349 [6DE], S8381 [7DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), motion to proceed, S8389, S8390, S8394, S8407-S8409 [7DE], S8421, S8429, S8437-S8445 [8DE]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion, S7263-S7268, S7270-S7277 [9NO], S7336-S7338 [10NO]

———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion (S. 1720), S6566-S6569, S6621 [17OC], S6623 [18OC]

———impact of Bush administration tax cuts, S3518 [7JN], S3721-S3723 [13JN], S4120 [27JN], S4346 [6JY], S4423 [7JY]

———impact of Government regulations, S3645-S3647 [9JN], S3799-S3801, S3803 [15JN], S4043, S4045 [23JN], S4786 [21JY], S7239, S7246, S7247, S7250 [9NO], S8698, S8708 [16DE]

———impact of tax cuts, S2665, S2668 [4MY]

———importance of job creation, S1720 [16MR], S1788 [17MR], S1884-S1888 [28MR], S2225 [7AP], S2644-S2648, S2664 [4MY], S2708 [5MY], S3482, S3488 [6JN], S3512, S3567 [7JN], S3633 [9JN], S3758, S3763 [14JN], S3796, S3799 [15JN], S3982-S3984 [22JN], S4043 [23JN], S4171 [29JN], S4551 [13JY], S4574, S4591 [14JY], S4754, S4764 [21JY], S4930 [27JY], S4982 [28JY], S5220 [2AU], S5315, S5329, S5330 [6SE], S5348, S5352, S5355, S5371 [7SE], S5395-S5398 [8SE], S5471, S5479 [9SE], S5484-S5486 [12SE], S5508-S5510, S5525-S5528 [13SE], S5594 [14SE], S5732, S5749 [20SE], S6024-S6026 [3OC], S6060 [4OC], S6147-S6149, S6172 [5OC], S6286-S6288, S6297-S6299, S6304-S6306 [6OC], S6482-S6484 [13OC], S6789 [20OC], S6898 [31OC], S7056 [2NO], S7146, S7147 [7NO], S7175-S7178 [8NO], S7246 [9NO], S7307 [10NO], S7634, S7636 [17NO], S7886 [28NO], S8700 [16DE]

———impose a surcharge on high income individuals, S7023-S7025 [2NO], S7107, S7111 [3NO], S8345, S8349 [6DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention, S7327 [10NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, S1034 [1MR], S1720 [16MR], S1805 [17MR], S2408 [13AP], S2601 [3MY], S2670 [4MY], S3714 [13JN], S3745, S3756, S3763 [14JN], S6482 [13OC], S7988 [29NO]

———provide growth through small business tax relief, research and innovation, veterans' business incentives, regulatory relief, support for high-skilled workers, and counterfeiting enforcement (S. 1866), S7594-S7596 [16NO]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S8470 [12DE], S8494, S8499, S8502, S8540, S8553 [13DE], S8555, S8558, S8559, S8567-S8570, S8574, S8577-S8586, S8617 [14DE], S8669 [15DE], S8703, S8711-S8717 [16DE], S8746-S8753 [17DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), unanimous-consent agreement, S8742 [16DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), unanimous-consent request, S8556, S8567, S8570 [14DE]

———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (S. 1960), S8415-S8417 [7DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, S6069-S6071 [4OC], S6169 [5OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1549), S5585 [13SE], S5588, S5602-S5605 [14SE], S5639, S5640, S5653 [15SE], S5708 [19SE], S5756 [20SE], S5850 [22SE], S6013, S6024 [3OC], S6066 [4OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), S6145, S6146, S6148, S6172, S6173, S6276 [5OC], S6277, S6278, S6279, S6285, S6299 [6OC], S6983 [1NO], S7022, S7056 [2NO]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), motion to proceed, S6359-S6365, S6369, S6372-S6374, S6376, S6382-S6384 [11OC], S6397, S6398, S6408-S6412, S6434 [12OC], S6474-S6477, S6479, S6489, S6495, S6499 [13OC], S6565 [17OC], S6624, S6626, S6653 [18OC]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (H.R. 3765), unanimous-consent agreement, S8789 [23DE]

———revitalize the middle class, S2668-S2671 [4MY]

Education: provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 378), S874 [17FE]

Electronic commerce: promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (S. 971), S2941 [12MY]

Employment: incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 1333), S4397 [6JY]

———provide additional tax relief for private sector job creation, S1732 [16MR]

Families and domestic relations: provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit, S354 [31JA]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (S. 467), S1220 [3MR]

Federal employees: make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (S. 376), S962 [28FE]

Federal-State relations: make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (S. 80), S186 [25JA]

Financial institutions: permanently modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (S. 1016), S3058 [17MY]

Government: extend time for filing individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government shutdown (S. 783), S2362 [8AP], S2366 [12AP]

———make the Federal income tax system simpler, fairer, and more fiscally responsible (S. 727), S2132-S2135 [5AP], S2221 [7AP], S2978 [16MY], S3759-S3761 [14JN], S4192-S4195 [29JN], S4343 [6JY], S4417, S4428 [7JY], S4468, S4475 [11JY], S4754 [21JY], S5229 [2AU], S5701-S5703 [16SE], S8701 [16DE]

Health: conform income calculations for purposes of eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan and Medicaid to existing low-income assistance programs (S. 1376), S5605 [14SE]

———delay implementation of health reform laws until there is a final resolution in pending lawsuits, S1665 [15MR], S1729 [16MR], S1784, S1787, S1788 [17MR], S1953-S1955 [30MR], S3656 [9JN]

———ensure Social Security and railroad retirement benefits are taken into account in determining eligibility for Medicaid and the refundable credit for coverage under qualified health plans (S. 1378), S4683 [20JY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (S. 1644), S6091 [4OC]

———improve health of individuals and reduce health care costs by reorienting health care system toward prevention, wellness, and health promotion (S. 174), S229 [25JA]

———improve the health coverage tax credit (S. 1117), S3439 [26MY]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (S. 1404), S4806 [21JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S2378 [12AP]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices, S2069 [4AP]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (S. 17), S5482 [12SE]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (S. 262), S545 [3FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions, S373-S377, S382, S383-S403 [1FE], S431-S433, S435, S474, S475 [2FE], S499, S539 [3FE], S735-S738 [15FE], S1420 [9MR], S1617 [15MR], S1713-S1715 [16MR], S2006 [31MR], S3714 [13JN], S6149 [5OC], S8024 [30NO], S8620 [15DE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), S247 [25JA], S249, S263-S265 [26JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (S. 192), S263 [26JA], S295 [27JA]

Health care facilities: treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (S. 59), S172 [25JA]

Health care professionals: provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (S. 518), S1504 [9MR]

Highway Trust Fund: limit authorization level to the amount received in gas tax revenue, S5666-S5668 [15SE]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (S. 631), S1842 [17MR]

Insurance: extend health insurance costs tax credit, S638, S640 [10FE], S813 [17FE]

Internal Revenue Code: extend certain expiring provisions, S8774 [17DE]

———repeal and replace with a flat tax (S. 820), S2510 [14AP]

Investments: extend the zero capital gains rate on certain small business stock and the exception from minimum tax preference treatment (S. 208), S289 [26JA]

———modify rules relative to loans made from a qualified employer retirement plan (S. 1020), S3108, S3109 [18MY]

———rescind tax on investment income (S. 1738), S6766 [19OC]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform, S774 [16FE]

———simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by establishing an electronic tax lien notice database (S. 1390), S4723 [20JY], S5974 [26SE]

Medicaid: require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (S. 1101), S3436 [26MY]

Motor vehicles: increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit (S. 232), S361 [31JA]

———provide incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles and increase investment in advanced vehicle technology, devlopment, and manufacturing (S. 298), S616 [7FE]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient, S8366-S8368 [6DE]

National objectives: economic recovery, S249-S255 [26JA], S329-S331 [27JA], S499, S527-S530 [3FE], S566-S569 [4FE], S1024 [1MR], S1645 [15MR], S1732-S1734 [16MR], S1881 [28MR], S2157 [6AP], S2413, S2414, S2415 [13AP], S2701, S2702 [5MY], S2853-S2855 [11MY], S2896, S2918 [12MY], S3577-S3579 [8JN], S3651 [9JN], S3982-S3984 [22JN], S4040-S4045, S4061-S4065 [23JN], S5317 [6SE], S5371 [7SE], S5412-S5415 [8SE], S5472, S5479 [9SE], S5673-S5676 [15SE], S7019-S7021 [2NO], S8365 [6DE], S8440 [8DE]

———reform the Federal tax code, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S3516, S3517 [7JN], S4412 [7JY], S4463, S4470-S4474 [11JY], S4545 [13JY], S4828 [22JY], S5204, S5205 [2AU], S5974 [26SE], S6298 [6OC], S7147-S7149 [7NO], S7424 [15NO]

Native Americans: permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (S. 1008), S3107 [18MY]

North Dakota: impact of implementation of State energy policy on creation of a national energy policy, S1619 [15MR]

———implementation of State economic policy practices which promote growth, foster job creation, and lower taxes, S2226 [7AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to budget and debt crisis, S4253, S4270, S4276, S4278 [30JN], S4898 [26JY]

———evaluation of economic policies, S2459 [14AP], S2706 [5MY], S3511 [7JN], S3632 [9JN], S3713 [13JN], S4334, S4356, S4380 [6JY], S5317-S5319 [6SE], S5352 [7SE], S5798 [21SE], S6701 [19OC], S6789 [20OC], S7042 [2NO], S8473-S8476 [12DE], S8667 [15DE], S8697-S8699 [16DE]

———evaluation of policies relative to general aviation industry, S4898 [26JY]

———State of the Union Message, S72 [25JA], S249-S255, S258 [26JA]

Ohio: budget deficit relative to tax rates, S5328 [6SE]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods, S1198-S1202, S1212 [3MR], S1367 [8MR]

———limit patentability of tax planning methods (S. 139), S221, S222 [25JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: expedite Supreme Court review of constitutionality, S456 [2FE]

———impact, S1772-S1778 [17MR], S1883 [28MR], S2226 [7AP], S4421 [7JY]

———impact on health care costs, S5693-S5697 [15SE]

———implementation, S1710, S1712 [16MR], S1971 [30MR]

———repeal, S373-S377, S382, S383-S403 [1FE], S431-S433, S435, S474, S475 [2FE], S539 [3FE], S735-S738 [15FE], S1420 [9MR], S1617 [15MR], S1713-S1715 [16MR], S2006 [31MR], S3670 [9JN], S3714 [13JN], S3945 [21JN], S6149 [5OC], S6298 [6OC], S7021, S7037 [2NO], S7274, S7275 [9NO], S8024 [30NO], S8403 [7DE], S8620 [15DE]

———repeal (H.R. 2), S247 [25JA], S249, S263-S265 [26JA]

———repeal health insurance tax (S. 1880), S7614-S7616 [16NO]

———repeal (S. 192), S263 [26JA], S295 [27JA], S499 [3FE]

———require OMB Director to identify and offset cost of repeal of certain reporting requirements through reductions in non-defense appropriated discretionary funding, S471, S473 [2FE]

———Supreme Court review of constitutionality, S7648-S7650 [17NO], S7987 [29NO], S8432 [8DE]

Pensions: expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (S. 1557), S5625 [14SE]

Petroleum: disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to a discharge of oil (S. 983), S2983 [16MY]

———establish transportation savings accounts for all citizens, S2866 [11MY]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), S702, S703 [14FE], S705 [15FE]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), motion to proceed, S1021 [28FE]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), unanimous-consent request, S639, S640 [10FE], S813 [17FE]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (S. 194), S281 [26JA]

Power resources: eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (S. 1007), S3107 [18MY]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (S. 591), S2987 [16MY]

———national energy policy, S3575 [8JN]

———provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (S. 1845), S7371 [10NO]

———provide an investment tax credit for advanced biofuel production, S1326 [7MR], S3879 [16JN]

———provide and investment tax credit for community wind projects having generation capacity of not more than a certain amount (S. 1741), S6874 [20OC]

———provide for a variable volumetric ethanol excise tax credit rate based on the price of crude oil (S. 1185), S3732-S3734 [13JN], S3748, S3752 [14JN], S3865 [16JN], S4497 [12JY]

———provide for a variable volumetric ethanol excise tax credit rate based on the price of crude oil (S. 884), S2688 [4MY], S3865 [16JN]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, S1737 [16MR], S1959-S1961, S1968, S1969 [30MR], S2169 [6AP], S3662 [9JN], S3709-S3712, S3716, S3719-S3721, S3723-S3726, S3738-S3740 [13JN], S3743, S3746-S3748, S3752-S3754 [14JN], S3852-S3871, S3878 [16JN]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (S. 520), S3494 [6JN]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (S. 871), S3494 [6JN]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (S. 1057), S3288 [24MY], S3289 [25MY], S3494 [6JN]

———temporarily increase investment tax credit for geothermal energy property (S. 1413), S4870 [25JY]

Propane: encourage greater use as a transportation fuel (S. 1120), S3441 [26MY]

Public debt: provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt, S8081 [1DE]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes (S. 552), S1556 [10MR]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, S5100 [30JY], S5709 [19SE]

Railroads: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (S. 672), S1937 [29MR]

Rates, S458 [2FE], S2410, S2411, S2436-S2438, S2439 [13AP], S2480 [14AP], S2595 [3MY], S2711 [5MY], S2757 [9MY], S2859, S2864 [11MY], S2906 [12MY], S2980 [16MY], S3908 [20JN], S4060 [23JN], S4118-S4122 [27JN], S4136-S4138 [28JN], S4196, S4200 [29JN], S4245, S4251, S4260-S4267, S4270, S4275, S4278-S4286 [30JN], S4312 [5JY], S4334, S4338, S4361, S4378, S4380 [6JY], S4411-S4413, S4420, S4423, S4429, S4435-S4438, S4445 [7JY], S4463-S4476, S4479-S4481 [11JY], S4493-S4501, S4509-S4515 [12JY], S4537-S4543, S4548 [13JY], S4571-S4573, S4591, S4593 [14JY], S4625-S4627 [18JY], S4649-S4651 [19JY], S4694-S4699, S4713, S4714 [20JY], S4756, S4771, S4778, S4781-S4783 [21JY], S4824 [22JY], S4858 [25JY], S4887, S4895-S4900 [26JY], S4920, S4942-S4945, S4948 [27JY], S4977 [28JY], S5057-S5061 [29JY], S5158 [1AU], S5206, S5216-S5218, S5221 [2AU], S5349 [7SE], S5708, S5709 [19SE], S5732, S5737, S5756 [20SE], S5877 [22SE], S5930 [23SE], S5966 [26SE], S7019-S7021, S7055 [2NO], S7180 [8NO], S8473-S8476 [12DE], S8708 [16DE]

Real estate: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (S. 1616), S5910 [22SE]

———proposed reduction in deductions for mortgage interest, S5206 [2AU]

Real estate investment trusts: anniversary of establishing legislation (S. Res. 60), S923 [17FE]

Renewable energy: extend tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, S8501-S8507 [13DE], S8715 [16DE]

———impact of production tax credit, S3069 [18MY]

———promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (S. 630), S1841 [17MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, S2302 [8AP], S2403-S2405 [12AP], S3481 [6JN], S7146 [7NO], S7175-S7178 [8NO], S7246 [9NO]

Research: increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (S. 1577), S6298 [6OC]

———permanently extend and modify the research credit (S. 825), S2514 [14AP]

Safety: provide a deduction for the purchase, construction, and installation of a safe room or storm shelter (S. 1583), S5774-S5776 [20SE]

Schools: extend qualified school construction and zone academy bonds, treat zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, and modify private business contribution requirement for zone academy bonds (S. 796), S2396 [12AP]

Senate: legislative priorities, S1519 [10MR], S2560 [2MY], S2756 [9MY], S3477 [6JN], S3802 [15JN], S4107 [27JN], S8619 [15DE]

Shipping industry: repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (S. 626), S1838 [17MR]

Ships and vessels: allow the mortgage interest deduction with respect to boats only if the boat is used as the principal residence of the taxpayer, S4246, S4279, S4284 [30JN]

———modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (S. 57), S171 [25JA]

Small business: allow an income tax credit for equity investments in small businesses (S. 256), S483 [2FE]

———preserve option for businesses to operate as they choose, including as flow-through entities, and oppose tax changes forcing such businesses to reorganize as C corporations (S. Res. 88), S1237 [3MR]

———prevent the imposition of new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses (S. Res. 309), S7082 [2NO]

———prohibit rate increase, S4504 [12JY]

———provide relief (S. 361), S793-S796 [16FE]

———reform regulatory process to ensure freedom to compete and create jobs, S6474-S6477 [13OC]

———repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (S. 1278), S4102 [23JN]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations, S383-S385, S388 [1FE], S459, S461, S471-S474 [2FE], S539 [3FE], S1774 [17MR], S1909, S1912 [29MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), S1242 [3MR], S1306 [4MR], S1669 [15MR], S2069 [4AP], S2096, S2099-S2108 [5AP], S2151 [6AP]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S2059 [31MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (S. 18), S84 [25JA], S529 [3FE], S1713 [16MR], S2226 [7AP]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, S1668 [15MR], S1886, S1888 [28MR], S2103 [5AP]

Social Security: provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), S8058, S8075 [30NO], S8079-S8081, S8120 [1DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), motion to proceed, S8130, S8139, S8140 [1DE], S8442, S8445, S8452-S8454 [8DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), unanimous-consent agreement, S8126 [1DE]

Solar energy: provide an investment credit for solar light pipe property (S. 157), S227 [25JA]

———provide that solar energy property need not be located on the property to which it is generating electricity to qualify for residential energy efficient property credit (S. 1093), S3433 [26MY]

Tax expenditure: definition, S4350-S4352 [6JY]

Taxpayers: reduce burdens, S2384 [12AP]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (S. 543), S1550 [10MR]

Transportation: extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), S5585 [13SE], S5587, S5588, S5599, S5613, S5618 [14SE], S5638, S5655, S5666-S5669 [15SE]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), unanimous-consent agreement, S5663 [15SE]

———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), unanimous-consent request, S5656 [15SE]

———prioritize surface transportation funding and prohibit funding for lower-priority projects such as transportation museums and landscaping, S6644, S6646-S6648 [18OC], S6708-S6713, S6716, S6717 [19OC], S6911 [31OC]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S6897-S6899, S6927 [31OC], S6931, S6994-S6997 [1NO], S7636 [17NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO], S7014, S7016-S7019, S7021-S7025, S7031-S7045, S7050-S7058 [2NO], S7093-S7102, S7104-S7113 [3NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S292 [26JA]

Unemployment: provide assistance to employers and States and improve long-term solvency of unemployment compensation program (S. 386), S885 [17FE]

———reform compensation to promote work and job creation and allow forward funding of remaining Federal compensation funds (S. 904), S2743 [5MY], S3002 [16MY]

Veterans: reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S7145 [7NO], S7163, S7164, S7166 [8NO], S7229, S7230, S7238, S7266-S7269, S7277-S7281, S7284, S7287 [9NO], S7326-S7328, S7336-S7346, S7354 [10NO], S7395 [14NO]

Volunteer workers: provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (S. 1911), S7834 [18NO]

Women: protect housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (S. 1892), S7706 [17NO]

Reports

Analysis of an Estimate of the Total Costs of Federal Regulations: Curtis W. Copeland, Congressional Research Service (excerpt), H8082 [2DE]

Update on Job Growth Under Health Reform, H113 [7JA]

Reports filed

Airport and Airway Extension Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1079) (H. Rept. 112-41), H2036 [29MR]

Airport and Airway Trust Fund Funding and Expenditure Authority Extension: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 340) (S. Rept. 112-1), S682 [14FE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1034) (H. Rept. 112-44), H2036 [29MR]

Business Activity Tax Simplification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1439) (H. Rept. 112-257), H6987 [21OC]

Church Plan Investment Clarification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 33) (H. Rept. 112-131), H4586 [1JY]

Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 705) (H. Rept. 112-16), H1389 [28FE]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 35, Correction in Enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 218) (H. Rept. 112-60), H2602 [12AP], H2664 [13AP]

Consideration of H. Res. 501, Sense of the House on Job Creation Incentives and Tax Provisions and Federal Programs Extension and Reform Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 112-335), H9945 [19DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act and H. Res. 9, Instruct Certain Committees To Report Legislation Replacing Health Care Reform Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 26) (H. Rept. 112-2), H102 [6JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 237) (H. Rept. 112-71), H2933 [2MY]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 129) (H. Rept. 112-21), H1454 [1MR]

Consideration of H.R. 359, Terminate Taxpayer Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns and Party Conventions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 54) (H. Rept. 112-5), H468 [25JA]

Consideration of H.R. 674, Repeal Withholding Tax on Federal, State, and Local Government Contracts: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 448) (H. Rept. 112-261), H7068 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2553, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part IV: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 357) (H. Rept. 112-155), H5238 [19JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2576, Modify Calculation of Modified Adjusted Gross Income for Purposes of Determining Eligibility for Certain Healthcare-Related Programs: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 448) (H. Rept. 112-261), H7068 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3463, Taxpayer Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns and Party Conventions Termination and Election Assistance Commission Termination: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 477) (H. Rept. 112-296), H7927 [29NO]

Consideration of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 112-328), H8727 [12DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 112-335), H9945 [19DE]

Eliminate Certain Tax Benefits Relating to Abortion: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1232) (H. Rept. 112-55), H2409 [6AP]

Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 828) (H. Rept. 112-115), H4525 [23JN]

Instruct Certain Committees To Report Legislation Replacing Health Care Reform Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 9) (H. Rept. 112-1), H102 [6JA]

Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Services (JOBS) Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1745) (H. Rept. 112-87), H3341 [23MY]

Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 630) (S. Rept. 112-31), S4485 [11JY]

Modify Calculation of Modified Adjusted Gross Income for Purposes of Determining Eligibility for Certain Healthcare-Related Programs: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2576) (H. Rept. 112-254), H6982 [18OC]

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 112-38), H1982 [17MR]

Nomination of Joseph H. Gale To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5773 [20SE]

Nomination of Juan F. Vasquez To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5772 [20SE]

Nomination of Maurice B. Foley To Be U.S. Tax Court Judge: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5772 [20SE]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Luxembourg: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 112-5), S5339 [6SE]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Swiss Confederation: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 112-1), S5339 [6SE]

Repeal Withholding Tax on Federal, State, and Local Government Contracts: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 674) (H. Rept. 112-253), H6982 [18OC]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 500) (H. Rept. 112-332), H9430 [15DE]

Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 112-15), H1389 [28FE]

Tax Convention With Hungary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 112-4), S5339 [6SE]

Wireless Tax Fairness Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1002) (H. Rept. 112-188), H5780 [29JY]

Resolutions of ratification

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Luxembourg, S5339 [6SE]

Protocol Amending Tax Convention With Swiss Confederation, S5339 [6SE]

Tax Convention With Hungary, S5339 [6SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2617 [13AP]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), H495 [26JA]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1551, H1553 [3MR]

Statements

Budget Control Act: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H5701 [28JY]

Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act: Executive Office of the President, S2105 [5AP]

Declaration of Occupy D.C.: Occupy D.C. (organization), E2301 [16DE]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: OMB, H8750 [13DE]

Modify Calculation of Modified Adjusted Gross Income for Taxation Purposes of Determining Eligibility for Certain Healthcare-Related Programs: Executive Office of the President, H7146 [27OC]

Repeal Withholding Tax on Federal, State, and Local Government Contracts: Executive Office of the President, H7142 [27OC]

Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act: Several Republican Senators, H9953 [20DE]

Termination of Taxpayer Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns and Party Conventions: Executive Office of the President, H485 [26JA]

Summaries

American Power Act, S1665 [15MR]

Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (S. 1346), S4527 [12JY]

Tables

Budgetary effects of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8811 [13DE], H9982 [20DE]

Budgetary effects of Senate substitute amendment to H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, H9983 [20DE]

Dept. of the Interior Payments in Lieu of Taxes program State payment results, H1276 [18FE]

Effects on revenues and direct spending of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8812 [13DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, H314, H352 [19JA]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8812 [13DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7158 [27OC]

Senate Democratic budget proposal tax provisions, S5059 [29JY]

State-by-State estimated impact of increasing business meal tax deductibility from 50% to 80%, S2744 [5MY]

Testimonies

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S8434-S8437 [8DE]

Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Large Oil Companies: James J. Mulva, S3019 [17MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 35, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to health care reform funding, H2795 [14AP]

H. Res. 9, instruct certain committees of the House to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation, H361 [20JA], H2945 [3MY]

H. Res. 26, consideration of H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act and H. Res. 9, instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation, H107 [7JA]

H. Res. 54, consideration of H.R. 359, terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions, H475 [26JA]

H. Res. 129, consideration of H.R. 4, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act, H1465 [2MR]

H. Res. 218, consideration of H. Con. Res. 35, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to health care reform funding, H2616 [13AP]

H. Res. 237, consideration of H.R. 3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H3014 [4MY]

H. Res. 357, consideration of H.R. 2553, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part IV, H5251 [20JY]

H. Res. 448, consideration of H.R. 2576, modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs and H.R. 674, repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H7084 [26OC]

H. Res. 477, consideration of H.R. 3463, taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions termination and Election Assistance Commission termination, H7949 [30NO]

H. Res. 491, consideration of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8745 [13DE]

H. Res. 500, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H9812 [16DE]

H. Res. 501, sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H9987 [20DE]

H. Res. 502, consideration of H. Res. 501, sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H9949 [20DE]

H. Res. 502, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H9949 [20DE]

H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, H209 [18JA]

H.R. 3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H3023 [4MY]

H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act, H1529 [3MR]

H.R. 33, Church Plan Investment Clarification Act, H5131 [18JY]

H.R. 359, terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions, H492 [26JA]

H.R. 519, U.N. Tax Equalization Refund Act, H563 [9FE]

H.R. 674, repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H7139 [27OC]

H.R. 1002, Wireless Tax Fairness Act, H7175 [1NO]

H.R. 1079, Airport and Airway Extension Act, H1992 [29MR]

H.R. 1893, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part II, H3317 [23MY]

H.R. 2279, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part III, H4533 [24JN]

H.R. 2553, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part IV, H5257 [20JY]

H.R. 2576, modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for taxation purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, H7143 [27OC]

H.R. 2887, Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act, H6106-H6111 [13SE]

H.R. 3463, taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions termination and Election Assistance Commission termination, H8016-H8019 [1DE]

H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8763-H8799 [13DE]

H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, S8749-S8752 [17DE], H9960-H9963 [20DE]

H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, H10021-H10025 [23DE]

S. 1, American Competitiveness Act, S128 [25JA]

S. 2, Middle Class Success Act, S128 [25JA]

S. 3, Fiscal Responsibility and Spending Control Act, S128 [25JA]

S. 7, Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform Act, S129 [25JA]

S. 11, Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act, S130 [25JA]

S. 26, Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act, S143 [25JA]

S. 57, modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades, S172 [25JA]

S. 59, treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness, S173 [25JA]

S. 80, make permanent the tax deduction of State and local general sales taxes, S187 [25JA]

S. 174, Health Lifestyles and Prevention (HeLP) America Act, S229-S239 [25JA]

S. 194, terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions, S282 [26JA]

S. 232, increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit, S362 [31JA]

S. 386, Unemployment Insurance Solvency Act, S885-S887 [17FE]

S. 626, American Shipping Reinvestment Act, S1839 [17MR]

S. 749, Fair Elections Revenue Act, S2202 [6AP]

S. 794, Protecting American Taxpayers From Misconduct Act, S2395 [12AP]

S. 825, Job Creation Through Innovation Act, S2514-S2516 [14AP]

S. 907, repeal reduction in tax deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses, S2743 [5MY]

S. 974, Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act, S2943 [12MY]

S. 1016, Municipal Bond Market Support Act, S3059 [17MY]

S. 1020, Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings (SEAL 401(k) Savings) Act, S3108 [18MY]

S. 1093, Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act, S3433 [26MY]

S. 1120, Propane Green Autogas Solutions Act, S3442 [26MY]

S. 1278, repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services, S4103 [23JN]

S. 1323, require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts, S4297 [30JN]

S. 1333, Layoff Prevention Act, S4398-S4400 [6JY]

S. 1413, Geothermal Tax Parity Act, S4870 [25JY]

S. 1452, Main Street Fairness Act, S5073-S5076 [29JY]

S. 1534, Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act, S5462 [8SE]

S. 1549, American Jobs Act, S5538-S5580 [13SE]

S. 1644, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act, S6092 [4OC]

S. 1660, American Jobs Act, S6188-S6225 [5OC]

S. 1726, Withholding Tax Relief Act, S6604 [17OC]

S. 1738, Economic Growth and Jobs Protection Act, S6766 [19OC]

S. 1741, Community Wind Act, S6875 [20OC]

S. 1832, Marketplace Fairness Act, S7296 [9NO]

S. 1845, Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act, S7371 [10NO]

S. 1892, Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act, S7707 [17NO]

S. Res. 25, include incentives for companies to repatriate foreign earnings in comprehensive tax reform legislation in order to create new jobs, S246 [25JA]

S. Res. 60, real estate investment trusts establishing legislation anniversary, S912, S923 [17FE]

S. Res. 88, preserve option for businesses to operate as they choose, including as flow-through entities, and oppose tax changes forcing such businesses to reorganize as C corporations, S1237 [3MR]

S. Res. 108, support continued development of relationship between Brazil and the U.S. and negotiation of a bilateral tax treaty, S1853 [17MR]

S. Res. 111, reject creation of a system of global taxation, government bailouts for the financial sector, or climate regulation that would negatively impact the U.S. economy and sovereignty, S1937 [29MR]

S. Res. 145, National TEA Party Day, S2539 [14AP]

S. Res. 309, prevent the imposition of new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses, S7082 [2NO]

S. Res. 331, express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction, S7620 [16NO]

S.J. Res. 5, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S550 [3FE]

S.J. Res. 23, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S4235 [29JN]