H.R. 436, The Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012 (1 comment ↓ | 6 wiki edits: view article ↓)
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H.R. 436 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
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Latest Major Action: 6/12/2012: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.
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Saves: $451.76 per
and decreases their $162,301.27 share of the national debt by $41.56.
(source: Congressional Budget Office)
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- Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN-3rd district) (sponsor)
- Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-7th district) (1 comment»)
- Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ-4th district)
- Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ-8th district)
- Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)
- Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA-4th district)
- Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA-53rd district)
- Rep. Diane Black (R-TN-6th district)
- Rep. J. Forbes (R-VA-4th district)
- Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX-26th district) (1 comment»)
- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN-6th district)
- Rep. John Fleming (R-LA-4th district)
- Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH-10th district)
- Rep. David McKinley (R-WV-1st district)
- Rep. John Culberson (R-TX-7th district)
- Rep. John Carter (R-TX-31st district)
- Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA-10th district)
- Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT-3rd district)
- Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5th district)
- Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-7th district)
- Rep. Tom Price (R-GA-6th district)
- Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL-18th district)
- Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO-6th district)
- Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY-22nd district)
- Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2nd district)
- Rep. William Owens (D-NY-21st district)
- Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ-2nd district)
- Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT-1st district)
- Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS-3rd district)
- Rep. David Roe (R-TN-1st district)
- Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA-7th district)
- Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ-3rd district)
- Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC-7th district)
- Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX-32nd district)
- Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ-6th district)
- Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA-7th district)
- Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA-9th district)
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- Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY-1st district)
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- Rep. Billy Long (R-MO-7th district)
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- Rep. Michael Simpson (R-ID-2nd district)
- Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3rd district)
- Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS-1st district)
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- Rep. C. Young (R-FL-13th district)
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-9th district)
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- Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI-10th district)
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- Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA-8th district)
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- Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA-1st district)
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- Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
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- Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14th district)
- Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ-4th district)
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- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5th district)
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- Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4th district)
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- Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI-8th district) (2 comments»)
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- Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX-4th district)
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- Rep. Shelley Capito (R-WV-2nd district)
- Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD-at large)
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- Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16th district)
- Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI-3rd district)
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- Rep. James Renacci (R-OH-16th district)
- Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO-4th district)
- Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8th district)
- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-48th district)
- Rep. Eric Crawford (R-AR-1st district)
- Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10th district)
- Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC-6th district)
- Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL-2nd district)
- Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ-5th district)
- Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC-5th district)
- Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX-6th district)
- Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA-11th district)
- Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL-2nd district)
- Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-OH-12th district)
- Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA-3rd district)
- Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK-4th district)
- Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC-2nd district)
- Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH-4th district)
- Rep. Joseph Heck (R-NV-3rd district)
- Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL-5th district)
- Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA-7th district)
- Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX-5th district)
- Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16th district)
- Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL-10th district)
- Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL-6th district)
- Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA-11th district)
- Rep. F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5th district)
- Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL-14th district)
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- Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO-3rd district)
- Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX-2nd district)
- Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS-4th district)
- Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY-23rd district)
- Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX-12th district)
- Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO-6th district)
- Rep. John Mica (R-FL-7th district)
- Rep. John Kline (R-MN-2nd district)
- Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX-22nd district)
- Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL-6th district)
- Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA-10th district)
- Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY-29th district)
- Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA-3rd district)
- Rep. H. Griffith (R-VA-9th district)
- Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC-2nd district)
- Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID-1st district)
- Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH-18th district)
- Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX-17th district)
- Rep. Charles Dent (R-PA-15th district)
- Rep. James Lankford (R-OK-5th district)
- Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
- Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3rd district)
- Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX-3rd district)
- Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA-5th district)
- Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11th district)
- Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4th district)
- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX-13th district)
- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25th district)
- Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA-8th district)
- Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7th district)
See Related Bills:
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 5906) (more recent activity!)
- The Save Our Medical Devices Act of 2011 (H.R. 488)
- The Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act (S. 17)
- A bill to repeal the excise tax on medical device manufacturers (S. 262)
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device tax, and for other purposes (H.R. 734)
- Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 436) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5882) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes (H. Res. 679) (more recent activity!)
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Carterthewriter
(logged-in user) June 12, 2012, 1:39pm (report abuse)Don't know if this is a waste of time considering the Supreme Court is about to make a judgement on the existing law.
Tort reform has to be addressed soon!
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