This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Death Tax Repeal Act
Source: H.R.147
Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes) is hereby repealed.
- The repeal shall apply to estates of decedents dying, gifts made, and generation-skipping transfers made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Explanation from ObTheIssues.org:
Previously the estate tax was repealed, but with a "sunset clause" which terminated the repeal as of 2012TK; this new act has no such built-in expiration. The previous versions of the estate tax repeal also scaled by year the percentage of an estate not subject to the tax; this new act has no scaling and would take full effect immediately.
Also see the related House of Representatives bill H.R.143 from 2011.
Updated to include 2017 version, H.R.198
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: Repeal the death tax, immediately and with no expiration
(Score: -2)
- Headline 2: Sponsored repealing death tax, with no expiration
(Score: -2)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 1.
- Headline: Repeal the death tax, immediately and with no expiration
(Answer: A)
- Headline 2: Sponsored repealing death tax, with no expiration
(Answer: A)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 1 on
Economy:
When you think about the US budget deficit, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
- A: Cutting existing programs
- B: More spending cuts than tax increases (mix of both solutions)
- C: More tax increases than spending cuts (mix of both solutions)
- D: Raising Taxes
- E: Unsure
- 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 13-HR0147 |
| Ralph Moody Hall |
s1o | Texas Democrat until 2004; now GOP | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Jim Matheson |
s1o | Utah Democrat (retiring 2014) | Mar 12, 2013
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| Nick Rahall |
s1o | West Virginia Democrat | Jan 3, 2013 |
Republicans
participating in 13-HR0147 |
| Robert Aderholt |
s1o | Alabama Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Jodey Arrington |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Spencer Bachus |
s1o | Alabama Republican (retiring 2014) | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Andy Barr |
s1o | Kentucky Republican | Feb 13, 2013 |
| Joe Linus Barton |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Gus Bilirakis |
s1o | Florida Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Rob Bishop |
s1o | Utah Republican | Feb 21, 2014
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| Jim Bridenstine |
s1o | Oklahoma Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Paul Broun |
s1o | GA Republican Challenger | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Larry Bucshon |
s1o | Indiana Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Ken Calvert |
s1o | California Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| John Carter |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Mike Coffman |
s1o | Colorado Republican | Feb 5, 2014
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| Doug Collins |
s1o | Georgia Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Mike Conaway |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Paul Cook |
s1o | California Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Kevin Cramer |
s1o | North Dakota Republican | Dec 23, 2013
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| Rick Crawford |
s1o | Arkansas Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| John Culberson |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Steve Daines |
s1o | Montana Republican (Senate run 2014) | Apr 26, 2013
|
| Mario Diaz-Balart |
s1o | Florida Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Jeff Duncan |
s1o | South Carolina Republican | Apr 26, 2013
|
| Jimmy Duncan |
s1o | Tennessee Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Trent Franks |
s1o | Arizona Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Rodney Frelinghuysen |
s1o | New Jersey Republican | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Cory Gardner |
s1o | CO Republican Senate challenger | Mar 7, 2013
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| Tom Garrett |
s1o | Virginia Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Louie Gohmert |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Bob Goodlatte |
s1o | Virginia Republican | Mar 19, 2013
|
| Paul Gosar |
s1o | Arizona Republican | Jul 22, 2014
|
| Tom Graves |
s1o | Georgia Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Gregg Harper |
s1o | Mississippi Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Vicky Hartzler |
s1o | Missouri Republican | Feb 25, 2013
|
| Jeb Hensarling |
s1o | Texas Republican | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Jaime Herrera |
s1o | Washington Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Jody Hice |
s1o | Georgia Republican House Member | Jan 3, 2017 |
| French Hill |
s1o | Arkansas Republican House Member | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Bill Huizenga |
s1o | Michigan Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Randy Hultgren |
s1o | Illinois Republican | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Mike Johnson |
s1o | Louisiana Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Walter Beaman Jones |
s1o | North Carolina Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Jim Jordan |
s1o | Ohio Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Steve Knight |
s1o | California Republican House Member | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Leonard Lance |
s1o | New Jersey Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Tom Latham |
s1o | Iowa Republican (retiring 2014) | Mar 19, 2013
|
| Billy Long |
s1o | Missouri Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Blaine Luetkemeyer |
s1o | Missouri Republican | Feb 12, 2013 |
| Thomas Massie |
s1o | Kentucky Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Tom McClintock |
s1o | CA03 Former Republican Challenger (2003) | Jan 3, 2017 |
| David McKinley |
s1o | West Virginia Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Jeff Miller |
s1o | Florida Republican | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Rich Nugent |
s1o | Florida Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Pete Olson |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Steven Palazzo |
s1o | Mississippi Republican | Jan 3, 2017 |
| Steve Pearce |
s1o | New Mexico Republican | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Ted Poe |
s1o | Texas Republican | Mar 19, 2013
|
| Mike Pompeo |
s1o | Kansas Republican | Aug 2, 2013
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| John Ratcliffe |
s1o | Texas Republican House Member | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Phil Roe |
s1o | Tennessee Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Hal Rogers |
s1o | Kentucky Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Michael Rogers |
s1o | Alabama Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Todd Rokita |
s1o | Indiana Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
s1o | Florida Republican | Apr 10, 2013
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| James Sensenbrenner |
s1o | Wisconsin Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Pete Sessions |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Bill Shuster |
s1o | Pennsylvania Republican | Apr 16, 2013
|
| Lamar Smith |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Steve Stivers |
s1o | Ohio Republican | Mar 12, 2013
|
| Steve Stockman |
s1o | Texas Republican (Senate run 2014) | Mar 7, 2013
|
| Mac Thornberry |
s2p | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Mike Turner |
s1o | Ohio Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Ann Wagner |
s1o | Missouri Republican | Jan 3, 2017
Better check this guy; upload got cut off at "S" |
| Ed Whitfield |
s1o | Kentucky Republican | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Roger Williams |
s1o | Texas Republican | Jan 3, 2017
Better check this guy; upload got cut off at "S" |
| Joe Wilson |
s1o | South Carolina Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Steve Womack |
s1o | Arkansas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Kevin Yoder |
s1o | Kansas Republican | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Ted Yoho |
s1o | Florida Republican | Feb 25, 2013
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| Bill Young |
s1o | Florida Republican (Deceased 2013) | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Lee Zeldin |
s1o | New York Republican House Member | Jan 3, 2017
Better check this guy; upload got cut off at "S" |
Independents
participating in 13-HR0147 |
| Darrell Issa |
s1o | CA03 Former Initiator of Gubernatorial Recall (2003) | Jan 3, 2013 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
3
Republicans:
80
Independents:
1 |
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