42. H.R. 3, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act. Substitute amendment to create a new percent tax rate to be phased in over three years; expand the earned income tax credit; double the married couple deduction; and adjust the alternative minimum tax so that filers would receive the rate reduction benefits. No. Failed 155-273. 3/8/01.

44. H.R. 3. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions not to report the bill back until April 15, 2001, unless Congress has completed action on the concurrent budget resolution for FY 2002. No. Failed 204-221. 3/8/01.

45. H.R. 3. On passage of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act to lower federal income taxes by restructuring the five existing tax brackets into four— 10 percent, 15 percent, 25 percent and 33 percent. Yes. Passed 230-198. 3/8/01.

66. H.Con.Res. 83, FY 2002 budget resolution. Substitute amendment on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus that calls for using one-third of the available on-budget surplus over 10 years for reducing the public debt, one-third for cutting taxes, and one-third for increasing non-defense discretionary spending, especially in the areas of education and health care, and cut proposed FY 2001 defense spending by $66 billion. No. Failed 79-343. 3/28/01.

67. H.Con.Res. 83. Substitute amendment on behalf of the Blue Dog Coalition that would cover five years, not 10 years as in the underlying resolution, and call for using half of the projected on-budget surplus over five years for reducing the public debt, one-quarter for increasing priority discretionary spending projects, and one-quarter for tax cuts. No. Failed 204-221. 3/28/01.

68. H.Con.Res. 83. Substitute amendment on behalf of the Republican Study Committee to provide $6.7 billion less in FY 2002 discretionary spending than the underlying resolution, and cut taxes by $2.2 trillion over 10 years and increase FY 2002 defense spending by $25 billion, compared to the underlying resolution. No. Failed 81-341. 3/28/01.

69. H.Con.Res. 83. Substitute amendment that calls for dividing the non-Social Security, non-Medicare, 10-year surplus into approximately one-third for spending, one-third for cutting taxes, and one-third for reducing the debt and providing additional Medicare and Social Security resources, and calls for $270.6 billion more in non-defense discretionary spending than the budget resolution over 10 years, and in FY 2002, $18.6 billion more in non-defense discretionary spending than the resolution, and $2.7 billion more in defense discretionary spending. No. Failed 183-243. 3/28/01.

70. H.Con.Res. 83. To adopt the FY 2002 budget resolution setting spending and revenue targets, providing tax cuts of $1.6 trillion over 10 years, reducing the public debt by $2.3 trillion over 10 years, and calling for $660 billion in discretionary spending in FY 2002. Yes. Passed 222-205. 3/28/01.

73. H.R. 6, Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief. Substitute amendment to reduce taxes by $585.5 billion through 2011 and create a new 12-percent bracket for the first $20,000 of a couple’s taxable income and $10,000 for single taxpayers, and increase the standard deduction for married couples filing jointly to twice that of individuals filling singly, and simplify and expand the earned income tax credit for low-income earners. No. Failed 196-231. 3/29/01.

74. H.R. 6. Motion to recommit to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back to the House with an amendment providing a tax rebate for those with tax liability and those eligible for the earned-income tax credit in 2000 of $300 for singles and $600 for married couples. No. Failed 184-240. 3/29/01.

75. H.R. 6. On passage of the bill to reduce taxes by $399.2 billion through 2011 and allow married couples filing jointly to claim a standard deduction twice that for a single filer, increase the amount of a married couple’s income subject to the lowest tax bracket to twice that of a single filer, allow low-income filers to make more money and still qualify for the earned-income tax credit, and gradually double the child tax credit to $1,000. Yes. Passed 282-144. 3/29.01.

82. H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act. Substitute amendment to lower revenue by $39.2 billion over 10 years; increase the estate tax exemption from $675,000 to $2 million ($4 million for married couples) in 2002, rising to $2.5 million by 2010; retain current law "step-up basis" provisions, and replace the credit for estate taxes paid to a state with a deduction. No. Failed 201-227. 4/4/01.

83. H.R. 8. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report the measure back with a substitute amendment that would include increasing the estate and gift tax exemption with the goal of exempting 99 percent of all farms and two-thirds of all others currently subject to the tax. No. Failed 192-235. 4/4/01.

84. H.R. 8. On passage of the bill to reduce the estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes, cutting the top rate from 55 percent to 39 percent, with a complete repeal by 2011, and provide that beginning in 2002, the unified gift and estate tax credit would be replaced with an exemption allowing estates to be taxed at the lowest rate (18 percent, instead of 37 percent), and beginning in 2011, individuals inheriting more that $1.3 million ($3 million for spouses) would be required to pay capital gains taxes on any increase in value from the time the asset was acquired by the deceased until it was sold by the heir. Yes. Passed 274-154. 4/4/01.

85. H.Con.Res. 83. Motion to instruct conferees on the FY 2002 budget resolution to insist that the conference report include language that would increase education funding to the maximum feasible; provide that Medicare prescription drug coverage costs not be taken from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus; increase Medicare prescription drug coverage funding to the level set by the Senate amendment; and insist that the on-budget surplus for any fiscal year not be less than that year’s Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus. No. Failed 200-207. 4/24/01.

87. H.J.Res. 41, to propose a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority vote of the entire House of Representatives and Senate to pass any legislation that increases federal revenues by more than a "de minimus" amount, except in times of war or military conflict threatening national security. Yes. Failed 232-189. 4/25/01. [Note: a two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting (281 in this case) is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution.]

94. H.R. 10, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act. Substitute amendment to add provisions to the bill giving a refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 to low- and middle-income employees who contribute to IRAs and employer-sponsored retirement pension plans including 401(k) and similar plans, and allow a three-year tax credit for small employers of 50 percent of the costs incurred in establishing such pension plans and offer them a 50 percent credit for certain employer contributions to retirement plans on behalf of non-highly paid workers. No. Failed 207-223. 5/2/01.

95. H.R. 10. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Education and the Workforce and the Ways and Means committees with instructions to add an amendment that would require companies that convert to a cash balance pension system to allow employees the choice to remain in their old pension plans. No. Failed 153-276. 5/2/01.

96. H.R. 10. On passage of the bill to increase the amount individuals may contribute to traditional and Roth IRAs and to 401(k) and similar plans and ease the ability of employees to take pension plans with them when they change jobs; increase from $2,000 to $5,000 the limit on annual IRA contributions by 2004, and allow age 50 and older persons to contribute catch-up amounts up to $5,000 annually to the accounts beginning in 2002; and beginning in 2005, index contribution limits for inflation. Yes. Passed 407-24. 5/2/01.

104. H.Con.Res. 83. To adopt the conference report on the FY 2002 budget resolution which sets a blueprint of $1.35 trillion in tax cuts through FY 2011 and a limit on discretionary spending of $661 billion. Yes. Passed 221-207. 5/9/01.

111. H.R. 1727, to extend tax-exempt status to annuities paid to survivors of public safety officers killed in the line of duty before Dec. 31, 1996, the same benefit given to survivors of officers killed after that date. Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 5/15/01.

112. H.R. 586, to extend tax-exempt status to foster care payments made by any placement agency licensed, certified or designated by a state and eliminate the requirement that the exemption apply only to payments made for the care of individuals younger than age 19. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 5/15/01.

117. H.R. 1836, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. Substitute amendment to provide a one-time, retroactive tax rebate; reduce the smallest income tax bracket to 12 percent; increase the amount of income a person can earn and still qualify for the earned-income tax credit, and increase the standard deduction for married couples. No. Failed 188-239. 5/16/01.

118. H.R. 1836. On passage of the bill to cut all income tax rates over 11 years, and convert the five existing tax rate brackets, which range from 15 percent to 39.6 percent, to a system of four brackets with rates of 10 percent, 15 percent, 25 percent and 33 percent. Yes. Passed 230-197. 5/16/01.

124. H.R. 622, to increase the tax credit for those who adopt children and make the credit permanent. Yes. Passed 420-0. 5/17/01.

146. H.R. 1836. Motion to instruct conferees on the tax cut legislation to insist that the conference report not include phase-ins longer than five years, delayed effective dates, or sunsets, and should include "marriage penalty" relief, estate-tax relief, increasing the per-child tax credit, pension reform and permanent extension of the research tax credit. No. Failed 198-210. 5/23/01.

149. H.R. 1836. To agree to the conference report on the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act to reduce taxes by $1.35 trillion through FY 2011 through income tax cuts, relief of the "marriage penalty," a phase-out of the federal estate tax, doubling the child tax credit, and providing incentives for retirement savings. Yes. Passed 240-154. 5/25/01.

340. H.R. 2884, to lower estate and income tax liability for individuals killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States, and allow commercial airline payments of $25,000 to passengers killed to be exempt from income. Yes. Passed 418-0. 9/13/01.

390. H.R. 3004, Financial Anti-Terrorism Act to expand the Treasury Department’s powers to fight money laundering including enhanced law enforcement provisions, additional recordkeeping requirements for domestic banks and new restrictions on foreign bank dealings in the U.S. Yes. Passed 412-1, under suspension of rules. 10/17/01.

402. H.R. 3090, Economic Security and Recovery Act. Substitute amendment to provide tax incentives in FY 2002 including individual and business tax reductions, additional unemployment and health insurance benefits, and new spending on school construction, economic development and other domestic programs and offsetting the $91 billion cost by freezing a reduction in the top individual tax bracket at 38.6 percent. No. Failed 166-261. 10/24/01.

403. H.R. 3090. Motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to lower the bill’s tax cuts to the level of funding for anti-terrorism efforts, provide that provisions are temporary only and offset by other changes in the tax code, and require financial assistance to individuals and businesses affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11. No. Failed 199-230. 10/24/01.

404. H.R. 3090. On passage of the Economic Security and Recovery Act to provide tax reductions for businesses and individuals, expand the tax rebates of 2000, accelerate a reduction of the middle income tax bracket, lower capital gains tax rate, eliminate the corporate alternative minimum tax, and increase funds to states for health insurance for the unemployed. Yes. Passed 216-214. 10/24/01.

508. H.R. 3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions insert a substitute bill, the Fiscal Stimulus and Worker Relief Act. No. Failed 177-238. 12/19/01.

509. H.R. 3529. On passage of the bill to provide tax relief for individuals and businesses, including victims directly affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks, to help with economic recovery, and extend unemployment benefits and provide a health insurance refundable tax credit for displaced workers. Yes. Passed 224-193. 12/19/01. a couple’s taxable income and $10,000 for single taxpayers, and increase the standard deduction for married couples filing jointly to twice that of individuals filing singly, and simplify and expand the earned-income tax credit for low-income earners. No. Failed 196-231. 3/29/01.