Rule Hearing Information:
Meeting Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol
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Resources:
- Text of H.R. 6169 — Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012 [PDF]
- Text of H. Rept. 112-629 — Report from the Committee on Rules [PDF][XML]
- Hearing Documents:
:: Rule [PDF]
:: H. Res. 747 [PDF]
:: H. Rept. 112-641 [PDF]
Committee Votes:
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Rules Committee Record Vote No. 345
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Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 8 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #3, offered by Rep. Blumenauer (OR), which would restore estate tax relief in 2013, providing taxable estates an exemption rate of $3.5 million, a maximum tax rate of 45%, and provide unification of the estate and gift taxes and portability of estate tax relief. Defeated: 3–8
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Majority Members
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Vote
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Minority Members
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Vote
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Mr. Sessions..................
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Nay
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Ms. Slaughter.................
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Yea
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Ms. Foxx......................
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Nay
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Mr. McGovern..................
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Yea
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Mr. Bishop of Utah............
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Nay
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Mr. Hastings of Florida.......
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Yea
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Mr. Woodall...................
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Nay
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Mr. Nugent....................
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Nay
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Mr. Scott of South Carolina...
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Nay
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Mr. Webster...................
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Nay
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Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........
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Nay
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Rules Committee Record Vote No. 346
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Motion by Mr. Sessions to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3
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Majority Members
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Vote
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Minority Members
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Vote
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Mr. Sessions..................
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Yea
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Ms. Slaughter.................
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Nay
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Ms. Foxx......................
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Yea
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Mr. McGovern..................
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Nay
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Mr. Bishop of Utah............
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Yea
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Mr. Hastings of Florida.......
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Nay
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Mr. Woodall...................
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Yea
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Mr. Nugent....................
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Yea
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Mr. Scott of South Carolina...
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Yea
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Mr. Webster...................
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Yea
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Mr. Dreier, Chairman..........
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Yea
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