Re: Windfall Tax on Retirement Income is FALSE...HH
posted on
Apr 04, 2009 05:35AM
HH,
I'm not "for or against" Pelosi, but I don't care for spreading malicious rumors about anyone or anything.
You can always find out what bills your Congressional officials author and support by checking the Library of Congress database - rather than rely on chain emails.
Items 1 through 5 of 5
1. [111st] H.R.235 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (257)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2. [111st] H.R.1221 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants.
Sponsor: Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] (introduced 2/26/2009) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
3. [111st] H.R.1482 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas (and products thereof) and to appropriate the proceeds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
4. [111st] S.484 : A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 2/25/2009) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/25/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
5. [111st] S.490 : A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants.
Sponsor: Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] (introduced 2/26/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/26/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.