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S 1769 - Transportation Infrastructure Appropriations and Tax on Income Over $1 Million - Key Vote
John Boozman voted Nay (Motion Vote) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Motion Rejected (Senate) - Nov. 3, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Transportation Infrastructure Appropriations and Tax on Income Over $1 Million
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote on a motion to proceed with a bill that appropriates funds for transportation infrastructure projects and establishes a tax of 0.7 percent on income in excess of $1 million.
Highlight: -Establishes a tax of 0.7 percent on modified adjusted gross income in excess of the following amounts, effective December 31, 2012 (Sec. 201):
- -$1 million for all taxpayers except those who are married and filing separately; and
-$500,000 for all taxpayers who are married and filing separately.
- -$2 billion for airport construction and modification projects;
-$1 billion for air traffic control system modifications;
-$27 billion for highway infrastructure projects;
-$4 billion for grants for high-speed rail projects, intercity passenger rail service, and congestion grants;
-$2 billion for capital grants to Amtrak; and
-$5 billion for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure.
Note:
NOTE: THIS IS A VOTE ON A MOTION TO PROCEED, WHICH SENDS THE LEGISLATION TO THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE FOR DEBATE AND AMENDMENT. A MOTION TO PROCEED REQUIRES A MAJORITY OF THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Oct. 31, 2011
Title: Transportation Infrastructure Appropriations and Tax on Income Over $1 Million
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Co-sponsors
- Mark Begich (AK - D)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT - D)
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- Sherrod C. Brown (OH - D)
- Thomas Richard 'Tom' Carper (DE - D)
- Christopher A. 'Chris' Coons (DE - D)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA - D)
- Al Franken (MN - D)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Carl Levin (MI - D)
- Joe Manchin III (WV - D)
- Robert 'Bob' Menendez (NJ - D)
- William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. (FL - D)
- Harry M. Reid (NV - D)
- John D. 'Jay' Rockefeller IV (WV - D)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH - D)
- Debbie Ann Stabenow (MI - D)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI - D)
