WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Tax expenditures

H.R. 5995, The Gas Tax Relief and Earmark Moratorium Act of 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5995 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the highway fuels taxes, to provide for a Joint Committee on Earmark Reform, and to prohibit earmarking for the remainder of the 110th Congress....

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H.R. 4338, The Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4338 would establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the social security and medicare hospital insurance trust funds....

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H.R. 2130, The Comprehensive Transform America Transaction Fee Act of 2007

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2130 would require a study and comprehensive analytical report on transforming America by reforming the Federal tax code through elimination of all Federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replacing the Federal tax code with a transaction fee-based system....

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H.R. 2084, The Family Budget Protection Act of 2007

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2084 would reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs....

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S. 1186, The Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2007

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1186 would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority....

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H.R. 1998, The Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2007

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1998 would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority....

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S. 1040, The Tax Simplification Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1040 would repeal the current Internal Revenue Code and replace it with a flat tax, thereby guaranteeing economic growth and greater fairness for all Americans....

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H.R. 1733, The Appropriations Transparency Act of 2007

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1733 would prohibit the inclusion of earmarks in conference reports that were not in the House- or Senate-passed bills....

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H.R. 1375, The Earmark Accountability and Reform Act of 2007

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1375 would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority....

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H.R. 1050, The A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1050 would establish a living wage, jobs-for-all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories....

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H.R. 689, The Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 689 would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority....

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H.R. 515, The Corporate Entitlement Reform Act of 2007

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 515 would establish a commission on corporate entitlement reform....

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S. 48, The Private Property Rights Protection Act

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 48 would return meaning to the Fifth Amendment by limiting the power of eminent domain....

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S. 3521, The Stop Over Spending Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $0.28

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3521 would establish several new procedures related to the budget process. Included among them are a new expedited procedure for considering Presidential proposals to cancel certain spending and tax provisions in newly enacted legislation, limits on discretionary spending, a deficit target that if exceeded could lead to an across-the-board cut of mandatory spending (known as sequestration), biennial budgeting, a commission to review and analyze spending for the three major entitlement program...

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H.R. 3893, The Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $19.69

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3893 would authorize new programs and spending related to the supply and use of petroleum and other energy products. It would provide subsidies to small refiners, make certain federal lands available for siting new refineries, and revise the terms and procedures for approving these and other energy projects. The bill also would modify various standards in the Clean Air Act, direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue and enforce regulations regarding gasoline price gouging, and creat...

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