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Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011

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Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011 - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through 2012 the reduction in employment taxes for employees and the self-employed. Increases such reduction from 2% to 3.1%

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 5, 2011

Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011 - Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through 2012 the reduction in employment taxes for employees and the self-employed. Increases such reduction from 2% to 3.1%

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on individual taxpayers between 2012 and 2022 an additional tax equal to 1.9% of so much of their modified adjusted gross income in excess of $1 million. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the $1 million threshold amount for taxable years beginning after 2013. Defines "modified adjusted gross income" as adjusted gross income reduced by any deduction allowed for investment interest.

Imposes a 50% tax (55% for a taxable year beginning in 2011 or 2012) on any unemployment compensation received by a taxpayer with an adjusted gross income of at least $1 million. Denies a tax deduction for the payment of such tax.

Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to render ineligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly food stamps, any household in which a member receives income or assets with a fair market value of at least $1 million.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to require until October 1, 2021, a phased increase in the fees charged to mortgage lenders by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to guarantee payment of new mortgage loans.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011

Latest action (Dec 8, 2011): Motion to proceed to consideration of measure, under the order of 12/8/2011, not having achieved the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 48. Record Vote Number: 224. (consideration: CR S8445)

Policy area: Taxation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 5, 2011

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Latest vote · Senate · Dec 8, 2011

Taking up the measure (motion to proceed) — Motion to Proceed Rejected. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKNay
Mark BegichDAKYea
Jeff SessionsRALNay
Richard ShelbyRALNay
John BoozmanRARNay
Mark PryorDARYea
John McCainRAZNay
Jon KylRAZNay
Barbara BoxerDCAYea
Dianne FeinsteinDCAYea
Mark UdallDCOYea
Michael BennetDCOYea
Joseph LiebermanIDCTYea
Richard BlumenthalDCTYea
Christopher CoonsDDEYea
Thomas CarperDDEYea
Bill NelsonDFLYea
Marco RubioRFLNay
Johnny IsaksonRGANay
Saxby ChamblissRGANay
Daniel AkakaDHIYea
Daniel InouyeDHIYea
Chuck GrassleyRIANay
Tom HarkinDIAYea
James RischRIDNay
Mike CrapoRIDNay
Mark KirkRILNay
Richard DurbinDILYea
Daniel CoatsRINNay
Richard LugarRINNay
Jerry MoranRKSNay
Pat RobertsRKSNay
Mitch McConnellRKYNay
Rand PaulRKYNay
David VitterRLANay
Mary LandrieuDLAYea
John KerryDMANot Voting
Scott BrownRMANay
Barbara MikulskiDMDYea
Benjamin CardinDMDYea
Olympia SnoweRMENay
Susan CollinsRMEYea
Carl LevinDMIYea
Debbie StabenowDMIYea
Al FrankenDMNYea
Amy KlobucharDMNYea
Claire McCaskillDMOYea
Roy BluntRMONay
Roger WickerRMSNay
Thad CochranRMSNay
Jon TesterDMTYea
Max BaucusDMTYea
Kay HaganDNCYea
Richard BurrRNCNay
John HoevenRNDNay
Kent ConradDNDYea
Ben NelsonDNEYea
Mike JohannsRNENay
Jeanne ShaheenDNHYea
Kelly AyotteRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJYea
Frank LautenbergDNJYea
Jeff BingamanDNMYea
Tom UdallDNMYea
Dean HellerRNVNay
Harry ReidDNVYea
Chuck SchumerDNYYea
Kirsten GillibrandDNYYea
Rob PortmanROHNay
Sherrod BrownDOHYea
Jim InhofeROKNay
Thomas CoburnROKNay
Jeff MerkleyDORYea
Ron WydenDORYea
Bob CaseyDPAYea
Pat ToomeyRPANay
Jack ReedDRIYea
Sheldon WhitehouseDRIYea
Jim DeMintRSCNay
Lindsey GrahamRSCNay
John ThuneRSDNay
Tim JohnsonDSDYea
Bob CorkerRTNNay
Lamar AlexanderRTNNay
John CornynRTXNay
Kay HutchisonRTXNay
Mike LeeRUTNay
Orrin HatchRUTNay
Jim WebbDVAYea
Mark WarnerDVAYea
Bernie SandersIVTNay
Patrick LeahyDVTYea
Maria CantwellDWAYea
Patty MurrayDWAYea
Herb KohlDWINot Voting
Ron JohnsonRWINay
Jay RockefellerDWVYea
Joe ManchinDWVNay
John BarrassoRWYNay
Michael EnziRWYNay