This page contains bills sponsored by presidential contenders.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Legislation by 2008 Presidential Candidates: allowing tax deduction for businesses that recycle
Source: Internal Revenue Code amendment (S.2547)
OnTheIssues.org EXPLANATION: This bill would make costs for recycling be tax-deductible for businesses that build facilities to handle recyclable beverage containers. OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest on industrial development bonds the proceeds of which are to be used to provide for the construction, reconstruction, erection, or acquisition of a beverage container facility used in connection with a law prohibiting or discouraging the sale of beverages in nonreturnable containers.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 8.
Question 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Environment
- Headline: Allow tax deduction for businesses that recycle
(Score: -1)
- Headline 2: Sponsored bill allowing tax deduction for recycling costs
(Score: -1)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 8.
- Headline: Allow tax deduction for businesses that recycle
(Answer: C)
- Headline 2: Sponsored bill allowing tax deduction for recycling costs
(Answer: C)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 8 on
Environment:
Which of the following statements comes closest to your personal view?
- A: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity
- B: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity, but should be somewhat protected
- C: Natural resources should be mostly protected, but also exist for the benefit of humanity
- D: Natural resources exist on their own and should be completely protected
- 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 79-S2547 |
Mike Gravel |
s2p | POTUS Democrat | |
Carl Levin |
s1o | MI Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014) | |
Republicans
participating in 79-S2547 |
Mark Hatfield |
s1o | OR Republican Senator (Former) | |
Independents
participating in 79-S2547 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
2
Republicans:
1
Independents:
0 |
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