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P.L. 112-240, The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (2 comments ↓ | 9 wiki edits)
- This item is from the 112th Congress (2011-2012) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
H.R. 8 would extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003.
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Saves: $ per
and increases their $ share of the national debt by $.
(source: Congressional Budget Office)
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There was no up-or-down vote in the Senate.
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RH
September 4, 2012, 10:59am (report abuse)Yes, lets create a society where the ignorant stays in charge of the greatest country in the world. (GW Bush and Paul Ryan) Where stupid rules as long as you have money.
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(logged-in user) January 1, 2013, 2:18pm (report abuse)Congress has taken the original version of H.R. 8 and swapped out the original language in favor of the new "American Taxpayer Relief Act."
At the time we entered new cost/savings for the bill, the voting was 71% in favor, 29% against (the old bill), with 32 votes cast.
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