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    This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House. Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.

1999-H614 on Feb 8, 1999

    To expand the availability of medical savings accounts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to medical savings accounts to:
  1. repeal the limitation on the number of accounts;
  2. make all employers (currently limited to small employers) eligible to offer accounts;
  3. increase contribution deduction amounts;
  4. permit employer and employee contributions;
  5. reduce high deductible health plan deductibles; and
  6. permit accounts to be offered under cafeteria plans.

    Participating counts on VoteMatch question 5.
  • Topic: Health Care
  • Headline: Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals (Score: -1)
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.



Democrats participating in 1999-H614

Ralph Moody Hall s1oTexas Democrat
William Lipinski s1oIllinois Democrat (Until 2004)
Ken Lucas s1oKentucky Democrat (Until 2004)
Collin Peterson s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
David Phelps s1oIllinois Democrat
Owen Pickett s1oVirginia Democrat



Republicans participating in 1999-H614

Bill Archer s1pTexas Republican
Cass Ballenger s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Brian Bilbray s1oCalifornia Republican
Henry Bonilla s1oTexas Republican
Kevin Brady s1oTexas Republican
Dan Burton s1oIndiana Republican
Saxby Chambliss s1oGA Republican Sr Senator
Tom Coburn s1oOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Philip Crane s1oIllinois Republican (Until 2004)
Tom DeLay s1oTexas Republican
John Doolittle s1oCalifornia Republican (Retiring 2008)
Phil English s1oPennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)
Mark Foley s1oFlorida Republican
Elton Gallegly s1oCalifornia Republican
Greg Ganske s1oIA Former Republican Nominee (2002)
Virgil Goode s1oVirginia Republican (Unseated 2008)
Bob Goodlatte s1oVirginia Republican
Porter Goss s1oFlorida Republican (Until 2004)
Lindsey Graham s1oSC Republican Jr Senator
Doc Hastings s1oWashington Republican
Van Hilleary s1oTennessee Republican
Jim Kolbe s1oArizona Republican
Steven Kuykendall s1oCalifornia Republican
Steve Largent s1oOK00 Former Republican Challenger (2002)
Ron Lewis s1oKentucky Republican (Retiring 2008)
Bill McCollum s1oFL Former Republican challenger (2004); former US Rep.
Jim McCrery s1oLouisiana Republican (Retiring 2008)
Jack Metcalf s1oWashington Republican
Dan Miller s1oFlorida Republican (retired)
Gary Miller s1oCalifornia Republican
Sue Myrick s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Doug Ose s1oCalifornia Republican
Ron Paul s1oPOTUS Republican (Libertarian 1988)
John Peterson s1oPennsylvania Republican (Retiring 2008)
Rob Portman s1oOH Republican Senator
Deborah Pryce s1oOhio Republican
Jim Ramstad s1oMinnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)
Dana Rohrabacher s1oCalifornia Republican
Ed Royce s1oCalifornia Republican
Matt Salmon s1oArizona Republican
John Shadegg s1oArizona Republican
Nick Smith s1oMI Former Republican challenger (2006), previously U.S. Rep
Mark Souder s1oIndiana Republican (until 2010)
John Sununu s1oNew Hampshire Republican
Jim Talent s1oMissouri Republican
Charles Taylor s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Dave Weldon s1oFlorida Republican (Retiring 2008)
Ed Whitfield s1oKentucky Republican
Don Young s1oAlaska Republican



Independents participating in 1999-H614

Tom Campbell s1oCA 2010 Republican Challenger (lost primary)
John Cooksey s1oLA 2004 former Republican Nominee
John Hostettler s1oIN 2010 Senate Challenger (lost GOP primary); formerly US Rep.
Bob Schaffer s1oCO Former GOP Senate Challenger (2008)
Bob Stump s1oArizona Former GOP (until 2010)



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 6
Republicans: 49
Independents: 5
















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