End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act
Latest action · Jan 22, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation to: (1) eliminate wasteful tax loopholes; (2) eliminate corporate tax loopholes and wasteful tax breaks for special interests; (3) enhance tax fairness by reforming or eliminating tax breaks that provide excessive benefits to millionaires and billionaires; (4) crack down on tax cheaters and close the tax gap; (5) use the revenue saved by curtailing tax loopholes to reduce the deficit and reform the federal tax code; (6) address provisions in the tax code that make it more profitable for companies to create jobs overseas than in the United States; and (7) reform the tax code in a manner that promotes job creation, competitiveness, and economic growth.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2013 to Jan 23, 2013, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Jan 23, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Corporate finance and management
- Economic performance and conditions
- Employee hiring
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax rates
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Tax reform and tax simplification
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate
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