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Voting Record on Legislation that Involves Welfare and Poverty

House of Representatives

Jim Cooper
U.S. House: Representative
Democratic Next Election Year: 2012

Education:
JD, Harvard University, 1980 MA, Oxford University, 1977 BA, History/Economics, University of North Carolina, 1975

Profession:
Adjunct Professor, Health Care Policy, Vanderbilt University, 1995-present Founder/Partner, Brentwood Capitol Advisors Limited Liability Corporation, 1999-2002 Managing Director, Equitable Securities, 1995-1999 Attorney, Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis, Nashville, 1980-1982

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Voting Record on Legislation Involving Welfare and Poverty

(2010) HR 6419 Extension of Certain Unemployment Benefits

Outcome: Bill Failed (258/154)

Summary:

Cooper's Vote

N

(2010) HR 4213 Unemployment Benefits Extension

Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (272/152)

Summary: -Requires states to determine whether an individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation if the individual meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):

-Has been eligible for emergency unemployment compensation; -The benefit year for which the individual was eligible for emergency unemployment compensation has expired; -Has remaining entitlement to emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that benefit year; and -Would qualify for a new benefit year in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the weekly benefit in the aforementioned previous benefit year.-Prohibits states from reducing the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation payable during the period of the agreement occurring on or after June 2, 1010 to an amount that is less than the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would otherwise have been payable during such period, as in effect on June 2, 2010, in order to ensure eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation (Sec. 4). -Establishes emergency designations for sections 2 and 3 of this Act, related to extending unemployment benefits, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Sec. 5).

Cooper's Vote

N

(2010) HR 5618 Unemployment Benefits Extension

Outcome: Bill Passed (270/153)

Summary: -Requires states to determine whether an individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation if the individual meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):

-Has been eligible for emergency unemployment compensation; -The benefit year for which the individual was eligible for emergency unemployment compensation has expired; -Has remaining entitlement to emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that benefit year; and -Would qualify for a new benefit year in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the weekly benefit in the previous benefit year.-Prohibits states from reducing the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation payable during the period of the agreement occurring on or after June 2, 1010 to an amount that is less than the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would otherwise have been payable during such period, as in effect on June 2, 2010, in order to ensure eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation (Sec. 4). -Requires states to establish "reasonable procedures" that ensure each of the following (Sec. 5):

-Benefits are not provided to any individual on a current list of known or suspected terrorists; -Benefits are not provided to any individual convicted of a sex offense against a minor (42 USC 16911); and -Benefits are not provided to undocumented immigrants.-Establishes emergency designations for sections 2 and 3 of this Act, related to extending unemployment benefits, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Sec. 6).

Cooper's Vote

N

(2010) HR 4213 Unemployment Benefits Extension and Tax Law Amendments

Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (215/204)

Summary: -Extends various unemployment compensation provisions authorized by existing law through November 30, 2010 (Sec. 501). -Extends a provision of law that allows for the deduction of state and local sales taxes in lieu of income taxes so that it shall expire on January 1, 2011 rather than January 1, 2010 (Sec. 223). -Extends a provision of law that allows for tax-free distributions from individual retirement plans for qualified charitable purposes so that it shall expire on January 1, 2011, rather than after January 1, 2010 (Sec. 226). -Extends the standard deduction for state and local real property taxes so that it applies for any taxable year beginning in 2010 (rather than expiring after the taxable year that begins in 2009) (Sec. 222). -Extends the "above-the-line" deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses so that it expires on January 1, 2011 rather than January 1, 2010 (Sec. 225). -Extends the tax credit for "increasing research activities" so that it expires on January 1, 2011 rather than January 1, 2010 (Sec. 241). -Includes various revenue offset tax provisions, including, but not limited to, the following (Secs. 401, 402, and 412):

-A requirement that, in the case of a foreign tax credit splitting event, the relevant tax and credits (U.S. Code Title 26, Subpart A) shall be suspended until related income is taken into account; -A requirement that, in the case of a covered asset acquisition, the disqualified portion of foreign income tax attributable to income from relevant foreign assets shall not be taken into account under U.S. Code Title 26, Sections 901(a), 902, or 960; and -A requirement that, in the case of an investment partnership interest, any net income or loss with respect to such interest shall be treated as ordinary income or an ordinary loss.-Establishes the Trust Land Consolidation Fund in the Treasury of the United States, to be made available to the Secretary to conduct the Land Consolidation Program and for other costs specified in the Indian Money Account Litigation Settlement, and directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon final approval (as defined in the Settlement), to deposit $2 billion in the Fund (Sec. 607). -Appropriates to the Secretary of Agriculture $1.15 billion to carry out the terms of the Settlement Agreement regarding the Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, if the Settlement Agreement is approved by a court order that becomes final and non-appealable (Sec. 608). -Appropriates $1 billion for grants to States for youth activities, including summer employment for youth (Sec. 605). -This concurrence with amendment vote applies to the entire bill text as passed the previous chamber except for Section 523, which was voted on in a subsequent vote.

Cooper's Vote

N