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S. 2230Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012
- Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
- Cosponsors
- 16 · 15 Democrats · 1 Independent
- Policy area
- Taxation
- Latest action
- Apr 16, 2012 · Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 65. (consideration: CR S2313; text: CR S2313)
- IntroducedMar 22, 2012
- Passed the SenateNot yet reached
- Passed the HouseNot yet reached
- Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
- Became lawNot yet reached
Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year (tentative fair share tax). Establishes the amount of such tax as the excess (if any) of the tentative fair share tax over the excess of: (1) the sum of the taxpayer's regular tax liability, the alternative minimum tax (AMT) amount, and the payroll tax for the taxable year; over (2) certain tax credits. Provides for a phase-in of such tax. Requires an inflation adjustment to the $1 million income threshold for taxable years beginning after 2013.
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact tax reform that repeals unfair and unnecessary tax loopholes and expenditures, simplifies the tax system, and makes sure that the wealthiest taxpayers pay a fair share of taxes.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 2230 as introduced in Senate on Mar 22, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Apr 16, 2012
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2230
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
51 Yea 45 Nay 4 not voting
Party-line vote 2 of 96 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsOtherRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- DAkakaHI · DemocraticNot voting
- RAlexanderTN · RepublicanNay
- RAyotteNH · RepublicanNay
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanNay
- DBaucusMT · DemocraticYea
- DBegichAK · DemocraticYea
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticYea
- DBingamanNM · DemocraticYea
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticYea
- RBluntMO · RepublicanNay
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanNay
- DBoxerCA · DemocraticYea
- RBrownMA · RepublicanNay
- DBrownOH · DemocraticYea
- RBurrNC · RepublicanNay
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticYea
- DCardinMD · DemocraticYea
- DCarperDE · DemocraticYea
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticYea
- RChamblissGA · RepublicanNay
- RCoatsIN · RepublicanNay
- RCoburnOK · RepublicanNay
- RCochranMS · RepublicanNay
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Running in 2026Yea
- DConradND · DemocraticYea
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RCorkerTN · RepublicanNay
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanNay
- RDeMintSC · RepublicanNay
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticYea
- REnziWY · RepublicanNay
- DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticYea
- DFrankenMN · DemocraticYea
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticYea
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanNay
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanNay
- DHaganNC · DemocraticYea
- DHarkinIA · DemocraticYea
- RHatchUT · RepublicanNot voting
- RHellerNV · RepublicanNay
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanNay
- RHutchisonTX · RepublicanNay
- RInhofeOK · RepublicanNay
- DInouyeHI · DemocraticYea
- RIsaksonGA · RepublicanNay
- RJohannsNE · RepublicanNay
- DJohnsonSD · DemocraticYea
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanNay
- DKerryMA · DemocraticYea
- RKirkIL · RepublicanNot voting
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticYea
- DKohlWI · DemocraticYea
- RKylAZ · RepublicanNay
- DLandrieuLA · DemocraticYea
- DLautenbergNJ · DemocraticYea
- DLeahyVT · DemocraticYea
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanNay
- DLevinMI · DemocraticYea
- OLiebermanCT · Other partyNot voting
- RLugarIN · RepublicanNay
- DManchinWV · DemocraticYea
- RMcCainAZ · RepublicanNay
- DMcCaskillMO · DemocraticYea
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanNay
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticYea
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DMikulskiMD · DemocraticYea
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanNay
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanNay
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticYea
- DNelsonFL · DemocraticYea
- DNelsonNE · DemocraticYea
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanNay
- RPortmanOH · RepublicanNay
- DPryorAR · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Nay
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DReidNV · DemocraticYea
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RRobertsKS · RepublicanNay
- DRockefellerWV · DemocraticYea
- RRubioFL · RepublicanNay
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentYea
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticYea
- RSessionsAL · RepublicanNay
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticYea
- RShelbyAL · RepublicanNay
- RSnoweME · RepublicanNay
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticYea
- DTesterMT · DemocraticYea
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanNay
- RToomeyPA · RepublicanNay
- DUdallCO · DemocraticYea
- DUdallNM · DemocraticYea
- RVitterLA · RepublicanNay
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DWebbVA · DemocraticYea
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticYea
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanNay
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticYea
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 2230 and vote against it. 13 signed when it was filed.