War is Making You Poor Act

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D GraysonSponsor

19 cosponsors · 17 D, 2 R

6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

War is Making You Poor Act - Limits amounts made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) in any appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011 that may be available for the base budget or for overseas contingency operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 20, 2010

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income is $35,000 or less ($70,000 for married couples) a tax credit (designated as the War is Making You Poor Tax Credit) equal to their net income tax liability for the first taxable year beginning in 2011.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: War is Making You Poor Act

Latest action (May 24, 2010): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3729-3730)

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: May 20, 2010

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.