S Amdt 2735 - Tax Rate Extension Amendment - National Key Vote
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- Senate Motion Rejected
- Feb. 2, 2006
- Introduced
- Feb. 2, 2006
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Title: Tax Rate Extension Amendment
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote on a motion to waive the Budget Act in order to adopt an amendment that authorizes $21.9 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs and offsets the cost through changes made to tax rates on capital gains and dividends.
Highlights:
- Appropriates $14 billion for the Veterans Benefits Administration for Compensation and Pensions for the years of 2006 through 2010.
- Appropriates $6.9 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Health Administration for Medical Care between the years 2006 through 2010.
- Appropriates $1 billion for the establishment of the Veterans Hospital Improvement Fund.
- Modifies tax rates on capital gains and dividends.
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NOTE: A MOTION TO WAIVE THE BUDGET ACT, IF ADOPTED, TEMPORARILY SETS ASIDE A SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THE BUDGET ACT OF 1974 SO THAT AN AMENDMENT THAT VIOLATES THE ACT MAY BE CONSIDERED. A 3/5 MAJORITY IS REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION.
Title: Tax Rate Extension Amendment
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr. (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Francis 'Jack' Reed (RI - D)
- Ken Salazar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)