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Vote number 2007-1153 paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes
on Dec 12, 2007 regarding bill HR4351 AMT Relief Act
Results: Bill Passed, 226-193

H.R.4351: To provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax (AMT), via an offset of nonrefundable personal tax credits. [The AMT was originally intended to apply only to people with very high incomes, to ensure that they paid a fair amount of income tax. As inflation occurred, more people became subject to the AMT, and now it applies to people at upper-middle-class income levels as well. Both sides agree that the AMT should be changed to apply only to the wealthy; at issue in this bill is whether the cost of that change should be offset with a tax increase elsewhere or with no offset at all. -- ed.]
Proponents support voting YES because:
Rep. RANGEL: We have the opportunity to provide relief to upward of some 25 million people from being hit by a $50 billion tax increase, which it was never thought could happen to these people. Almost apart from this, we have an opportunity to close a very unfair tax provision, that certainly no one has come to me to defend, which prevents a handful of people from having unlimited funds being shipped overseas under deferred compensation and escaping liability. Nobody, liberal or conservative, believes that these AMT taxpayers should be hit by a tax that we didn't intend. But also, no one has the guts to defend the offshore deferred compensation. So what is the problem?
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Rep. McCRERY: This is a bill that would patch the AMT, and then increase other taxes for the patch costs. Republicans are for patching the AMT. Where we differ is over the question of whether we need to pay for the patch by raising other taxes. The President's budget includes a 1-year patch on the AMT without a pay-for. That is what the Senate passed by a rather large vote very recently, 88-5. The President has said he won't sign the bill that is before us today. Republicans have argued against applying PAYGO to the AMT patch. In many ways PAYGO has shown itself to be a farce.

Categorized under Tax Reform

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Make taxes more progressive;
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Democrats voting on 2007-1153

Neil Abercrombie YES Hawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)

Gary Ackerman YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Tom Allen YES Maine Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Jason Altmire YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rob Andrews YES New Jersey Democrat

Michael Arcuri YES New York Democrat (until 2010)

Joe Baca YES California Democrat

Brian Baird YES Washington Democrat (until 2010)

Tammy Baldwin YES Wisconsin Democrat

John Barrow YES Georgia Democrat

Melissa Bean NO Illinois Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Xavier Becerra YES California Democrat

Shelley Berkley YES Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Howard Berman YES California Democrat

Sanford Bishop YES Georgia Democrat

Timothy Bishop YES New York Democrat

Earl Blumenauer YES Oregon Democrat

Dan Boren NO Oklahoma Democrat (Retiring 2012)

Leonard Boswell YES Iowa Democrat

Rick Boucher YES Virginia Democrat (until 2010)

Nancy Boyda YES Kansas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Robert Brady YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bruce Braley YES Iowa Democrat

Corrine Brown YES Florida Democrat

G.K. Butterfield YES North Carolina Democrat

Lois Capps YES California Democrat

Michael Capuano YES Massachusetts Democrat

Dennis Cardoza YES California Democrat

Russ Carnahan YES Missouri Democrat

Chris Carney YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Kathy Castor YES Florida Democrat

Ben Chandler YES Kentucky Democrat

Yvette Clarke YES New York Democrat

William Lacy Clay YES Missouri Democrat

Emmanuel Cleaver YES Missouri Democrat

James Clyburn YES South Carolina Democrat

Steve Cohen YES Tennessee Democrat

John Conyers YES Michigan Democrat

Jim Cooper YES Tennessee Democrat

Jim Costa YES California Democrat

Joe Courtney YES Connecticut Democrat

Bud Cramer YES Alabama Democrat (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Crowley YES New York Democrat

Henry Cuellar YES Texas Democrat

Elijah Cummings YES Maryland Democrat

Danny Davis YES Illinois Democrat

Lincoln Davis YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Susan Davis YES California Democrat

Peter Defazio YES Oregon Democrat

Diana DeGette YES Colorado Democrat

Bill Delahunt YES Massachusetts Democrat (until 2010)

Rosa DeLauro YES Connecticut Democrat

Norm Dicks YES Washington Democrat

John Dingell YES Michigan Democrat

Lloyd Doggett YES Texas Democrat

Joe Donnelly YES Indiana Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Mike Doyle YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Chet Edwards YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Keith Ellison YES Minnesota Democrat

Brad Ellsworth YES Indiana Democrat (until 2010)

Eliot Engel YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Anna Eshoo YES California Democrat

Bob Etheridge YES North Carolina Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Sam Farr YES California Democrat

Chaka Fattah YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bob Filner YES California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)

Barney Frank YES Massachusetts Democrat

Gabby Giffords YES Arizona Democrat

Kirsten Gillibrand YES New York Democrat

Charles Gonzalez YES Texas Democrat

Bart Gordon YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Al Green YES Texas Democrat

Gene Green YES Texas Democrat

Raul Grijalva YES Arizona Democrat

Luis Gutierrez YES Illinois Democrat

John Hall YES New York Democrat (until 2010)

Ralph Moody Hall NO Texas Democrat

Phil Hare YES Illinois Democrat (until 2010)

Jane Harman YES California Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Alcee Hastings YES Florida Democrat

Stephanie Herseth YES South Dakota Democratic (until 2010)

Brian Higgins YES New York Democrat

Maurice Hinchey YES New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.

Mazie Hirono YES Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Paul Hodes YES New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Tim Holden YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Rush Holt YES New Jersey Democrat

Mike Honda YES California Democrat

Steny Hoyer YES Maryland Democrat

Jay Inslee YES Washington Democrat

Steve Israel YES New York Democrat

Jesse Louis Jackson YES Illinois Democrat

Sheila Jackson Lee YES Texas Democrat

William Jefferson YES Louisiana Democrat

Eddie Bernice Johnson YES Texas Democrat

Hank Johnson YES Georgia Democrat

Stephanie Tubbs Jones YES Ohio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)

Steve Kagen YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

Paul Kanjorski YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Marcy Kaptur YES Ohio Democrat

Dale Kildee YES Michigan Democrat

Carolyn Kilpatrick YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Ron Kind YES Wisconsin Democrat

Dennis Kucinich YES Ohio Democrat

Nicholas Lampson NO Texas Democrat (Unseated 2008)

James Langevin YES Rhode Island Democrat

Rick Larsen YES Washington Democrat

John Larson YES Connecticut Democrat

Barbara Lee YES California Democrat

Sander Levin YES Michigan Democrat

John Lewis YES Georgia Democrat

Dan Lipinski YES Illinois Democrat

David Loebsack YES Iowa Democrat

Zoe Lofgren YES California Democrat

Nita Lowey YES New York Democrat

Steve Lynch YES Massachusetts Democrat

Tim Mahoney YES Florida Democrat (Unseated 2008)

Carolyn Maloney YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Ed Markey YES Massachusetts Democrat

Doris Matsui YES California Democrat

Carolyn McCarthy YES New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families

Betty McCollum YES Minnesota Democrat

Jim McDermott YES Washington Democrat

Jim McGovern YES Massachusetts Democrat

Mike McIntyre YES North Carolina Democrat

Jerry McNerney YES California Democrat

Michael McNulty YES New York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)

Gregory Meeks YES New York Dem./Working-Families

Charles Melancon YES Louisiana Democrat (until 2010)

Michael Michaud YES Maine Democrat

Brad Miller YES North Carolina Democrat

George Miller YES California Democrat

Alan Mollohan YES West Virginia Democrat

Dennis Moore YES Kansas Democrat (until 2010)

Gwen Moore YES Wisconsin Democrat

James Moran YES Virginia Democrat

Chris Murphy YES Connecticut Democrat (Senate run 2012)

Patrick Murphy YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

John Murtha YES Pennsylvania Democrat (Deceased Feb. 2010)

Jerrold Nadler YES New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Grace Napolitano YES California Democrat

Richard Neal YES Massachusetts Democrat

James Oberstar YES Minnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)

David Obey YES Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)

John Olver YES Massachusetts Democrat

Solomon Ortiz YES Texas Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Frank Pallone YES New Jersey Democrat

Bill Pascrell YES New Jersey Democrat

Ed Pastor YES Arizona Democrat

Donald Payne YES New Jersey Democrat

Nancy Pelosi YES California Democrat

Ed Perlmutter YES Colorado Democrat

Collin Peterson YES Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor

Earl Pomeroy YES North Dakota Democrat (until 2010)

David Eugene Price YES North Carolina Democrat

Nick Rahall YES West Virginia Democrat

Charles Rangel YES New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families

Silvestre Reyes YES Texas Democrat

Laura Richardson YES California Democrat

Ciro Rodriguez YES Texas Democrat (until 2010)

Steven Rothman YES New Jersey Democrat

Lucille Roybal-Allard YES California Democrat

Dutch Ruppersberger YES Maryland Democrat

Tim Ryan YES Ohio Democrat

John Salazar YES Colorado Democrat (Unseated 2010)

Linda Sanchez YES California Democrat

Loretta Sanchez YES California Democrat

John Sarbanes YES Maryland Democrat

Jan Schakowsky YES Illinois Democrat

Adam Schiff YES California Democrat

Allyson Schwartz YES Pennsylvania Democrat

Bobby Scott YES Virginia Democrat

David Scott YES Georgia Democrat

Jose Serrano YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Joe Sestak YES Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)

Carol Shea-Porter YES New Hampshire Democrat (until 2010)

Brad Sherman YES California Democrat

Heath Shuler YES North Carolina Democrat

Albio Sires YES New Jersey Democrat

Ike Skelton YES Missouri Democrat (until 2010)

Louise Slaughter YES New York Democrat

Zack Space YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

John Spratt YES South Carolina Democrat (until 2010)

Pete Stark YES California Democrat

Bart Stupak YES Michigan Democrat (until 2010)

Betty Sutton YES Ohio Democrat

John Tanner YES Tennessee Democrat (until 2010)

Gene Taylor YES Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)

Bennie Thompson YES Mississippi Democrat

Mike Thompson YES California Democrat

John Tierney YES Massachusetts Democrat

Ed Towns YES New York Democrat/Liberal

Niki Tsongas YES Massachusetts Democrat

Mark Udall YES Colorado Democrat (Senate 2008)

Tom Udall YES New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)

Chris Van Hollen YES Maryland Democrat

Nydia Velazquez YES New York Democrat/Working-Families

Peter Visclosky YES Indiana Democrat

Tim Walz YES Minnesota Democrat

Debbie Wasserman Schultz YES Florida Democrat

Maxine Waters YES California Democrat

Mel Watt YES North Carolina Democrat

Henry Waxman YES California Democrat

Anthony Weiner YES New York Democrat (Resigned 2011)

Peter Welch YES Vermont Democrat

Robert Wexler YES Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

Charlie Wilson YES Ohio Democrat (until 2010)

Lynn Woolsey YES California Democrat (Retiring 2012)

David Wu YES Oregon Democrat

Albert Wynn YES Maryland Democrat (Unseated 2008)

John Yarmuth YES Kentucky Democrat

Republicans voting on 2007-1153

Robert Aderholt NO Alabama Republican

Todd Akin NO Missouri Republican (Senate run 2012)

Rodney Alexander NO Louisiana Republican

Michele Bachmann NO Minnesota Republican

Spencer Bachus NO Alabama Republican

Richard Hugh Baker NO Louisiana Republican (Resigned 2008)

Gresham Barrett NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Roscoe Bartlett NO Maryland Republican

Joe Linus Barton NO Texas Republican

Judy Biggert NO Illinois Republican

Brian Bilbray NO California Republican

Gus Bilirakis NO Florida Republican

Rob Bishop NO Utah Republican

Marsha Blackburn NO Tennessee Republican

Roy Blunt NO Missouri Republican (until 2010)

John Boehner NO Ohio Republican

Jo Bonner NO Alabama Republican

Mary Bono NO California Republican

Charles Boustany NO Louisiana Republican

Kevin Brady NO Texas Republican

Paul Broun NO Georgia Republican

Henry Brown NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Vern Buchanan NO Florida Republican

Michael Burgess NO Texas Republican

Dan Burton NO Indiana Republican

Steve Buyer NO Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Ken Calvert NO California Republican

Dave Camp NO Michigan Republican

John Campbell NO California Republican

Chris Cannon NO Utah Republican

Eric Cantor NO Virginia Republican

Shelley Moore Capito NO West Virginia Republican

John Carter NO Texas Republican

Steve Chabot NO Ohio Republican

John Howard Coble NO North Carolina Republican

Tom Cole NO Oklahoma Republican

Mike Conaway NO Texas Republican

Ander Crenshaw NO Florida Republican

John Culberson NO Texas Republican

David Davis NO Tennessee Republican (Unseated 2008)

Geoff Davis NO Kentucky Republican

Tom Davis NO Virginia Republican (Retiring 2008)

Nathan Deal NO Georgia Republican (Resigned 2010)

Charles Dent NO Pennsylvania Republican

Mario Diaz-Balart NO Florida Republican

John Doolittle NO California Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thelma Drake NO Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

David Dreier NO California Republican

Vernon Ehlers NO Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Jo Ann Emerson NO Missouri Republican

Phil English NO Pennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)

Terry Everett NO Alabama Republican (Retiring 2008)

Mary Fallin NO Oklahoma Republican (until 2010)

Jeff Flake NO Arizona Republican (Senate run 2012)

Randy Forbes NO Virginia Republican

Jeff Fortenberry NO Nebraska Republican

Vito Fossella NO New York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)

Virginia Foxx NO North Carolina Republican

Trent Franks NO Arizona Republican

Rodney Frelinghuysen NO New Jersey Republican

Elton Gallegly NO California Republican

Scott Garrett NO New Jersey Republican

Jim Gerlach NO Pennsylvania Republican

Wayne Gilchrest NO Maryland Republican (Unseated 2008)

Phil Gingrey NO Georgia Republican

Louie Gohmert NO Texas Republican

Virgil Goode NO Virginia Republican (Unseated 2008)

Bob Goodlatte NO Virginia Republican

Kay Granger NO Texas Republican

Samuel Graves NO Missouri Republican

Doc Hastings NO Washington Republican

Robin Hayes NO North Carolina Republican (Unseated 2008)

Dean Heller NO Nevada Republican (Resigned 2011)

Jeb Hensarling NO Texas Republican

Wally Herger NO California Republican

Dave Hobson NO Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Peter Hoekstra NO Michigan Republican (until 2010)

Kenny Hulshof NO Missouri Republican (Governor 2008)

Bob Inglis NO South Carolina Republican (until 2010)

Darrell Issa NO California Republican

Sam Johnson NO Texas Republican

Timothy Johnson NO Illinois Republican

Walter Beaman Jones NO North Carolina Republican

Jim Jordan NO Ohio Republican

Ric Keller NO Florida Republican (Unseated 2008)

Peter King NO New York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life

Steve King NO Iowa Republican

Jack Kingston NO Georgia Republican

Mark Kirk NO Illinois Republican (until 2010)

John Kline NO Minnesota Republican

Joe Knollenberg NO Michigan Republican (Unseated 2008)

Randy Kuhl NO New York Republican (Unseated 2008)

Ray LaHood NO Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Doug Lamborn NO Colorado Republican

Tom Latham NO Iowa Republican

Steven LaTourette NO Ohio Republican

Jerry Lewis NO California Republican

Ron Lewis NO Kentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)

Frank LoBiondo NO New Jersey Republican

Frank Dean Lucas NO Oklahoma Republican

Dan Lungren NO California Republican

Connie Mack IV NO Florida Republican

Donald Manzullo NO Illinois Republican

Kenny Marchant NO Texas Republican

Kevin McCarthy NO California Republican

Michael McCaul NO Texas Republican

Thad McCotter NO Michigan Republican

Jim McCrery NO Louisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)

Patrick McHenry NO North Carolina Republican

John McHugh NO New York Republican/Conservative

Buck McKeon NO California Republican

Cathy McMorris-Rodgers NO Washington Republican

John Mica NO Florida Republican

Candice Miller NO Michigan Republican

Jeff Miller NO Florida Republican

Jerry Moran NO Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Tim Murphy NO Pennsylvania Republican

Marilyn Musgrave NO Colorado Republican (Unseated 2008)

Sue Myrick NO North Carolina Republican

Devin Nunes NO California Republican

Steve Pearce NO New Mexico Republican

Mike Pence NO Indiana Republican (Gov. run 2012)

John Peterson NO Pennsylvania Republican (Retired 2008)

Tom Petri NO Wisconsin Republican

Charles Pickering NO Mississippi Republican (Retiring 2008)

Joseph Pitts NO Pennsylvania Republican

Todd Platts NO Pennsylvania Republican

Ted Poe NO Texas Republican

Jon Porter NO Nevada Republican (Unseated 2008)

Tom Price NO Georgia Republican

Deborah Pryce NO Ohio Republican

Jim Ramstad NO Minnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)

Ralph Regula NO Ohio Republican (Retiring 2008)

Dennis Rehberg NO Montana Republican (Senate run 2012)

Dave Reichert NO Washington Republican (Governor run 2012)

Rick Renzi NO Arizona Republican (Retiring 2008)

Thomas Reynolds NO New York Republican (Retiring 2008)

Hal Rogers NO Kentucky Republican

Michael Rogers NO Alabama Republican

Mike Rogers NO Michigan Republican

Dana Rohrabacher NO California Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen NO Florida Republican

Peter Roskam NO Illinois Republican

Ed Royce NO California Republican

Paul Ryan NO Wisconsin Republican

Bill Sali NO Idaho Republican (Unseated 2008)

Jim Saxton NO New Jersey Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jean Schmidt NO Ohio Republican

James Sensenbrenner NO Wisconsin Republican

Pete Sessions NO Texas Republican

John Shadegg NO Arizona Republican

Christopher Shays NO Connecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)

John Shimkus NO Illinois Republican

Bill Shuster NO Pennsylvania Republican

Mike Simpson NO Idaho Republican

Adrian Smith NO Nebraska Republican

Christopher Smith NO New Jersey Republican

Lamar Smith NO Texas Republican

Linda Smith YES Washington Republican Former (1994-)

Mark Souder NO Indiana Republican (until 2010)

Cliff Stearns NO Florida Republican

John Sullivan NO Oklahoma Republican

Lee Terry NO Nebraska Republican

Mac Thornberry NO Texas Republican

Todd Tiahrt NO Kansas Republican (until 2010)

Pat Tiberi NO Ohio Republican

Fred Upton NO Michigan Republican

Tim Walberg NO Michigan Republican

Greg Walden NO Oregon Republican

Jim Walsh NO New York Rep./Ind. (Retiring 2008)

Zach Wamp NO Tennessee Republican (until 2010)

Dave Weldon NO Florida Republican (Retiring 2008)

Jerry Weller NO Illinois Republican (Retiring 2008)

Lynn Westmoreland NO Georgia Republican

Ed Whitfield NO Kentucky Republican

Roger Wicker NO Mississippi Republican (Senate 2008)

Heather Wilson NO New Mexico Republican (Senate 2008)

Joe Wilson NO South Carolina Republican

Bill Young NO Florida Republican

Don Young NO Alaska Republican

Independents voting on 2007-1153

Marion Berry YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

John Boozman NO Arkansas Former GOP (until 2010)

Allen Boyd YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Ginny Brown-Waite NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Michael Castle NO Delaware Former GOP (until 2010)

Artur Davis YES Alabama Former Democrat (until 2010)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

Rahm Emanuel YES Illinois Former Democrat (until 2009)

Tom Feeney NO Florida Former GOP

Ron Klein YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Tom Lantos YES California Former Democrat (until 2008)

John Linder NO Georgia Former GOP (until 2010)

Jim Marshall YES Georgia Former Democrat (until 2010)

Kendrick Meek YES Florida Former Democrat (until 2010)

Harry Mitchell YES Arizona Former Democrat (until 2010)

Adam Putnam NO Florida Former GOP (until 2010)

George Radanovich NO California Former GOP (until 2010)

Vic Snyder YES Arkansas Former Democrat (until 2010)

Hilda Solis YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Ellen Tauscher YES California Former Democrat (until 2009)

Diane Watson YES California Former Democrat (until 2010)

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: YES 207; NO 4
Republicans: YES 1; NO 179
Independents: YES 13; NO 8

Vote number 2007-1153 paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes on Dec 12, 2007 regarding bill HR4351 AMT Relief Act Results: Bill Passed, 226-193

Categorized under Tax Reform

Voting YES counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 11:Make taxes more progressive; Voting NO counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 11.

Democrats voting on 2007-1153

Republicans voting on 2007-1153

Independents voting on 2007-1153

Total votes recorded by OnTheIssues:

Vote number 2007-1153 paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes
on Dec 12, 2007 regarding bill HR4351 AMT Relief Act
Results: Bill Passed, 226-193

Voting YES counts for 2 points on VoteMatch question 11:
Make taxes more progressive;
Voting NO counts for -2 points on VoteMatch question 11.