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00-HR5349 on Sep 29, 2000

OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual to designate three dollars on his or her income tax return (six dollars on a joint return) to be used to reduce the public debt of the United States.

SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT: Pres. Eisenhower apparently once said that he believed that there could be no surplus as long as our Nation was in debt. I come from that school of thought, and yet that is not exactly where we are right now in Washington.

Where we are right now is debating whether or not 90 percent or 50 percent, or some number in between, of these projected future surpluses should be allocated to the debt. What struck me is the fact that really more than just the Congress should be involved in that debate. It is for that reason that I introduce today the Taxpayers' Choice Debt Reduction Act.

What this bill would do would be to simply take the 1040, the tax return as we now know it. And right now, we can send $3 to the

presidential campaign. This would create another box wherein we could send 3 bucks to debt reduction. That is not enough money to change our national debt, but it is enough money to make a small step in an important debate that we all ought to be a part of.

LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means; never called for a House vote.



Democrats participating in 00-HR5349

John Baldacci s1oMaine Democrat
Rick Boucher s1oVirginia Democrat
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bob Clement s1oTennessee Democrat
Gary Condit s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bill Delahunt s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Mike Doyle s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bart Gordon s1oTennessee Democrat
Gene Green s1oTexas Democrat
Ralph Moody Hall s1oTexas Democrat
Baron Hill s1oIndiana Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
Darlene Hooley s1oOregon Democrat
Karen McCarthy s1oMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
David Minge s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Solomon Ortiz s1oTexas Democrat
David Phelps s1oIllinois Democrat
Max Sandlin s1oTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Charles Stenholm s1oTexas Democrat
Mike Thompson s1oCalifornia Democrat
Mark Udall s1oCO Democratic Senate Challenger; US Rep.



Republicans participating in 00-HR5349

Spencer Bachus s1oAlabama Republican
Cass Ballenger s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Bob Barr s1oGeorgia Republican
Roscoe Bartlett s1oMaryland Republican
Joe Linus Barton s1oTexas Republican
Judy Biggert s1oIllinois Republican
Brian Bilbray s1oCalifornia Republican (re-elected 2006)
Ed Bryant s1oTennessee Republican
Richard Burr s1oNC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Dan Burton s1oIndiana Republican
Tom Campbell s1oCalifornia Republican (Retired)
Tom Coburn s1oOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Philip Crane s1oIllinois Republican (Until 2004)
Nathan Deal s1oGeorgia Republican
Jim DeMint s1oSC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Jay Dickey s1oArkansas Republican
Jimmy Duncan s1oTennessee Republican
Terry Everett s1oAlabama Republican
Thomas Ewing s1oIllinois Republican
Rodney Frelinghuysen s1oNew Jersey Republican
Virgil Goode s1oVirginia Republican
Lindsey Graham s1oSC Republican Jr Senator
Mark Green s1oWisconsin Republican
J.D. Hayworth s1oArizona Republican
Wally Herger s1oCalifornia Republican
Peter Hoekstra s1oMichigan Republican
John Hostettler s1oIndiana Republican
Asa Hutchinson s1oArkansas Republican
Walter Beaman Jones s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Jack Kingston s1oGeorgia Republican
Steve Largent s1oOK00 Former Republican Candidate
Steven LaTourette s1oOhio Republican
Ron Lewis s1oKentucky Republican
John Linder s1oGeorgia Republican
Frank LoBiondo s1oNew Jersey Republican
Donald Manzullo s1oIllinois Republican
Jim McCrery s1oLouisiana Republican
Scott McInnis s1oColorado Republican (Until 2004)
David McIntosh s1oIndiana Republican
Buck McKeon s1oCalifornia Republican
Jack Metcalf s1oWashington Republican
John Mica s1oFlorida Republican
Dan Miller s1oFlorida Republican (retired)
Gary Miller s1oCalifornia Republican
Sue Myrick s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Ron Paul s1oPOTUS Republican (Libertarian 1988)
Charles Pickering s1oMississippi Republican
Joseph Pitts s1oPennsylvania Republican
Rob Portman s1oOhio Republican
Bob Riley s1oAL Republican
Ed Royce s1oCalifornia Republican
Jim Ryun s1oKansas Republican
Matt Salmon s1oArizona Republican
Mark Sanford s2pSC Republican
Bob Schaffer s1oCO Republican Senate Challenger
Pete Sessions s1oTexas Republican
John Shadegg s1oArizona Republican
Lamar Smith s1oTexas Republican
Nick Smith s1oMI Former Republican challenger, previously U.S. Rep
Mark Souder s1oIndiana Republican
Cliff Stearns s1oFlorida Republican
Tom Tancredo s1oColorado Republican
Lee Terry s1oNebraska Republican
Todd Tiahrt s1oKansas Republican
Pat Toomey s1oPennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)
David Vitter s1oLA Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Zach Wamp s1oTennessee Republican
Wes Watkins s1oOklahoma Republican
Dave Weldon s1oFlorida Republican
Roger Wicker s1oMississippi Republican



Independents participating in 00-HR5349

Chris John s1oLA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 22
Republicans: 70
Independents: 1