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    This page contains excerpts from government reports, signed by elected officials.

99-WC14 on Jul 15, 1999

Report: the Women's Caucus policy agenda:
Source: Women's Caucus Agenda-106th Congress
    The teams of the Women’s Caucus are charged with advancing action on their designated issues in a bipartisan manner. Legislation from Team 10. TAX POLICY:
    Estate Tax:
  • HR241—Surviving Spouse Fairness Act of 1999—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the $500,000 exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence shall apply to certain sales by a surviving spouse. (Roukema)
    Education:
  • HR464—Higher Education Affordability and Availability Act—A bill to provide tax incentives for education and to exclude from income distributions from qualified tuition programs used for qualified higher education expenses (Granger)
    School Construction: —providing low-interest bonds to local school districts:
  • HR1760—America’s Better Classrooms Act of 1999 (N.Johnson) HR415—Expand and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 1997 (Sanchez)
  • HR1660—Public School Modernization Act of 1999 (Rangel)
  • HR2085—Family Tax Reduction Act of 1999—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end the marriage penalty, to provide estate tax relief for family-owned farms and other family-owned businesses, to provide a tax credit for longterm care needs, to expand the child and dependent care tax credit, to increase the deduction for health insurance costs for self-employed individuals, and to adjust for inflation the exemption amounts used to calculate the individual alternative minimum tax. (Hooley)
  • HR2020—Tax Relief for Working Americans Act of 1999—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide marriage penalty relief, incentives to encourage health coverage, and increased child care assistance, to extend certain expiring tax provisions, and for other purposes. (N. Johnson).


  • Topic: Tax Reform
  • Headline: Tax incentives for education, new schools, & families

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  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.



Democrats participating in 99-WC14

Tammy Baldwin s1aWI Democratic Challenger 
Shelley Berkley s1aNevada Democrat (Senate run 2012) 
Corrine Brown s1aFlorida Democrat 
Lois Capps s1aCalifornia Democrat (retiring 2016) 
Julia Carson s1aIndiana Former Dem. (Deceased 2008) 
Eva Clayton s1aNorth Carolina Democrat (Until 2004) 
Diana DeGette s1aColorado Democrat 
Rosa DeLauro s1aConnecticut Democrat 
Anna Eshoo s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Jane Harman s1aCalifornia Democrat (Resigned 2011) 
Darlene Hooley s1aOregon Democrat (Retiring 2008) 
Sheila Jackson Lee s1aTexas Democrat 
Eddie Bernice Johnson s1aTexas Democrat 
Stephanie Tubbs Jones s1aOhio Former Dem. (Deceased, 2008) 
Marcy Kaptur s1aOhio Democrat 
Carolyn Kilpatrick s1aMichigan Democrat (until 2010) 
Barbara Lee s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Zoe Lofgren s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Nita Lowey s1aNew York Democrat 
Carolyn Maloney s1aNew York Democrat/Liberal 
Carolyn McCarthy s1aNew York Dem. (retiring 2014) 
Karen McCarthy s1aMissouri Democrat (Until 2004) 
Betty McCollum s1aMinnesota Democrat 
Cynthia McKinney s1aGeorgia Democrat 
Carrie Meek s1aFlorida Democrat (retired 2002) 
Juanita Millender-McDonald s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Patsy Mink s1aHawaii Democrat 
Grace Napolitano s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Eleanor Holmes Norton s1aDistrict of Columbia Democrat 
Nancy Pelosi s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Lynn Nancy Rivers s1aMichigan Democrat 
Lucille Roybal-Allard s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Loretta Sanchez s1aCA Democratic Senate candidate 
Jan Schakowsky s1aIllinois Democrat 
Louise Slaughter s1aNew York Democrat 
Hilda Solis s1aCA Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger 
Ellen Tauscher s1aCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009) 
Karen Thurman s1aFlorida Former Democrat 
Nydia Velazquez s1aNew York Democrat/Working-Families 
Maxine Waters s1aCalifornia Democrat 
Diane Watson s1aCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2010) 
Lynn Woolsey s1aCalifornia Democrat (Retiring 2012) 



Republicans participating in 99-WC14

Judy Biggert s1aIllinois Republican 
Mary Bono s1aCalifornia Republican 
Shelley Moore Capito s1aWest Virginia Republican (Senate run 2014) 
Helen Chenoweth s1aIdaho Republican 
Barbara Cubin s1aWyoming Republican (Retiring 2008) 
Jo Ann Davis s1aVirginia Republican 
Jennifer Dunn s1aWashington Republican (Until 2004) 
Jo Ann Emerson s1aMissouri Republican (Resigned 2013) 
Kay Granger s1aTexas Republican 
Melissa Hart s1aPennsylvania Republican 
Nancy Lee Johnson s1aConnecticut Republican 
Sue Kelly s1aNew York Republican (until 2007) 
Connie Morella s1aMaryland Republican 
Sue Myrick s1aNorth Carolina Republican (Retiring 2012) 
Deborah Pryce s1aOhio Republican 
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen s1aFlorida Republican 
Marge Roukema s1aNew Jersey Republican 
Heather Wilson s1aNew Mexico Republican (Senate 2008) 



Independents participating in 99-WC14

Donna Christensen s1aVirgin Islands Governor candidate 2014 



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 42
Republicans: 18
Independents: 1


















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