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12-HR3903 on Apr 16, 2012

Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012:
• Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (tentative fair share tax).
• Establishes the amount of such tax as the excess of the tentative fair share tax over the excess of the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax liability, the alternative minimum tax (AMT) amount, and the payroll tax for the taxable year;
• Provides for a phase-in of such tax.
• Requires an inflation adjustment to the $1 million income threshold for taxable years beginning after 2013.
• Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact tax reform that repeals unfair and unnecessary tax loopholes and expenditures, simplifies the tax system, and makes sure that the wealthiest taxpayers pay a fair share of taxes.

  Also see the related Senate bill S2230.

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 11. Question 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Tax Reform
  • Headline: Sponsored minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1M (Score: 2)
  • Headline 2: Minimum tax rate of 30% for those earning over $1 million (Score: 2)
    
    
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
  
  
  

  Democrats participating in 12-HR3903
  Tammy Baldwin	s1p	WI Democratic Challenger
  Shelley Berkley	s2o	Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)	Apr 16, 2012
  Robert Brady	s2o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Apr 19, 2012
  Bruce Braley	s2o	IA Democratic Challenger	Jun 5, 2012
  Russ Carnahan	s2o	Missouri Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Andre Carson	s2o	Indiana Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Kathy Castor	s2o	Florida Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Judy Chu	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  David Cicilline	s2o	Rhode Island Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Yvette Clarke	s2o	New York Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  William Lacy Clay	s2o	Missouri Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  John Conyers	s2o	Michigan Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Jerry Costello	s2o	Illinois Democrat (Retiring 2012)	May 7, 2012
  Joe Courtney	s2o	Connecticut Democrat	Apr 19, 2012
  Peter Defazio	s2o	Oregon Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  John Dingell	s2o	Michigan Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Lloyd Doggett	s2o	Texas Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Donna Edwards	s2o	Maryland Democrat	Apr 27, 2012
  Keith Ellison	s2o	Minnesota Democrat	Feb 15, 2012
  Sam Farr	s2o	California Democrat	Feb 15, 2012
  Bob Filner	s2o	California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)	Feb 7, 2012
  Marcia Fudge	s2o	Ohio Democrat	Apr 27, 2012
  Gene Green	s2o	Texas Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Luis Gutierrez	s2o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Janice Hahn	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Alcee Hastings	s2o	Florida Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Mazie Hirono	s2o	Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)	Apr 16, 2012
  Rush Holt	s2o	New Jersey Democrat	Feb 15, 2012
  Mike Honda	s2o	California Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Jesse Louis Jackson	s2o	Illinois Democrat (Resgined 2013)	Feb 7, 2012
  Sheila Jackson Lee	s2o	Texas Democrat	Apr 19, 2012
  Eddie Bernice Johnson	s2o	Texas Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Hank Johnson	s2o	Georgia Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Marcy Kaptur	s2o	Ohio Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Dale Kildee	s2o	Michigan Democrat (Retiring 2012)	Apr 24, 2012
  James Langevin	s2o	Rhode Island Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Rick Larsen	s2o	Washington Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Barbara Lee	s2o	California Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Ben Ray Lujan	s2o	New Mexico Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Carolyn Maloney	s2o	New York Democrat/Liberal	Apr 16, 2012
  Ed Markey	s2o	MA Democratic Challenger	Apr 19, 2012
  Betty McCollum	s2o	Minnesota Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Jim McDermott	s2o	Washington Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Jim McGovern	s2o	Massachusetts Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Brad Miller	s2o	North Carolina Democrat (Retiring 2012)	Apr 16, 2012
  George Miller	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Gwen Moore	s2o	Wisconsin Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  James Moran	s2o	Virginia Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Chris Murphy	s2o	Connecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)	Apr 16, 2012
  Grace Napolitano	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s2o	District of Columbia Democrat	Mar 29, 2012
  John Olver	s2o	Massachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)	Mar 8, 2012
  Bill Owens	s2o	New York Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Bill Pascrell	s2o	New Jersey Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Gary Peters	s2o	MI Democratic Challenger	Apr 16, 2012
  Chellie Pingree	s2o	Maine Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  David Eugene Price	s2o	North Carolina Democrat	Mar 8, 2012
  Charles Rangel	s2o	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families	Apr 24, 2012
  Silvestre Reyes	s2o	Texas Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Laura Richardson	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 24, 2012
  Steven Rothman	s2o	New Jersey Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Linda Sanchez	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 17, 2012
  Jan Schakowsky	s2o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 24, 2012
  David Adam Smith	s2o	Washington Democrat	Apr 24, 2012
  Jackie Speier	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 19, 2012
  Pete Stark	s2o	California Democrat	Apr 19, 2012
  Betty Sutton	s2o	Ohio Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Ed Towns	s2o	New York Democrat/Liberal (Retiring)	Apr 17, 2012
  Peter Welch	s2o	Vermont Democrat	Feb 7, 2012
  Frederica Wilson	s2o	Florida Democrat	Apr 16, 2012
  Lynn Woolsey	s2o	California Democrat (Retiring 2012)	Apr 17, 2012
  John Yarmuth	s2o	Kentucky Democrat	Apr 24, 2012

  
  
  

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  Independents participating in 12-HR3903

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 72 Republicans: 0 Independents: 0