Senate Votes - H.R. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act (SCHIP bill)

H.R. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007

Debate

Previous Votes

Amendments (GovTrack, Thomas)

Votes

S.Amdt. 2538 (Ensign, R-NV): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Trust Fund.
Failed 26-58

S.Amdt. 2587 (Gregg, R-NH): To limit the matching rate for coverage other than for low-income children or pregnant women covered through a waiver and to prohibit any new waivers for coverage of adults other than pregnant women.
Failed 42-53

S.Amdt. 2554 (Dole, R-NC): To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for a 60-vote point of order against legislation that includes a Federal excise tax rate increase which disproportionately affects taxpayers with earned income of less than 200 percent of the Federal poverty level.
Failed 32-64

S.Amdt. 2547 (Bunning, R-KY): To eliminate the exception for certain States to cover children under SCHIP whose income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level.
Motion to table agreed to 53-43

S.Amdt. 2593 (Lott, R-MS): To provide a perfecting amendment.
Failed 35-61

S.Amdt. 2602 (Kerry, D-MA): To provide sufficient funding and incentives to increase the enrollment of uninsured children.
Failed 36-60

S.Amdt. 2557 (Specter, R-PA): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reset the rate of tax under the alternative minimum tax at 24 percent.
Motion to Waive CBA Rejected 47-52

S.Amdt. 2558 (Graham, R-SC): To sunset the increase in the tax on tobacco products on September 30, 2012.
Motion to Waive CBA Rejected 39-60

S.Amdt. 2540 (Ensign, R-NV): To prohibit a State from using SCHIP funds to provide coverage for nonpregnant adults until the State first demonstrates that it has adequately covered targeted low-income children who reside in the State.
Failed 43-55

S.Amdt. 2579 (Thune, R-SD): To exclude individuals with alternative minimum tax liability from eligibility for SCHIP coverage.
Failed 42-57

S.Amdt. 2537 (Kyl, R-AZ): To minimize the erosion of private health coverage.
Failed 37-62

S.Amdt. 2627 (Coburn, R-OK): To ensure that children and pregnant women whose family income exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line and who have access to employer-sponsored coverage receive premium assistance.
Failed 37-62

S.Amdt. 2596 (Vitter, R-LA): To require individuals who are eligible for SCHIP and employer-sponsored coverage to use the employer-sponsored coverage instead of SCHIP.
Failed 35-64

S.Amdt. 2535 (Allard, R-CO): To codify the unborn child rule.
Failed 49-50

S.Amdt. 2620 (Hutchison, R-TX): To increase access to health insurance for low-income children based on actual need, as adjusted for cost-of-living.
Failed 21-78

S.Amdt. 2562 (Kyl, R-AZ): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 15-year straight-line cost recovery for qualified leasehold improvements and qualified restaurant improvements and to provide a 15-year straight-line cost recovery for certain improvements to retail space.
Failed 49-50

S.Amdt. 2577 (DeMint, R-SC): To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Failed 37-62

S.Amdt. 2530 (Baucus, D-MT): In the nature of a substitute.
Motion to Waive CBA Rejected 67-32

On Passage of the Bill
Passed 68-31


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